Lightnin’ Willie and the Poorboys

Two-time winner of the Southern California Blues Challenge, Lightnin’ Willie has a distinctive approach to his music. The sound is an irresistible blend of tradition and spontaneous creativity, with a deliciously insidious emphasis on the groove. It is a compelling, hard-swinging brand of blues that, whenever he performs, packs the floor – his audience can’t help but dance.

A guitarist of impressive facility, a vocalist of coolly stylish authority, and a composer of persuasive original blues that both extend and enhance the idiom, Willie’s music has a rare individualistic quality. It is at once airy and full of open space, yet loaded with earthy, intense emotion.

Lightnin’ Willie has gone from low-down beer joints to become a staple on the international festival circuit, with plenty of wild stops along the way, from London’s Royal Albert Hall Ignite Series to Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic.

The always dapper Lightnin’ Willie – consistently genuine, never flashy, and boundlessly entertaining – is reliably a high-quality blues powerhouse who makes new fans with every performance.