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Born in 1966, Little JC started messing around with
harmonicas at an early age, trying to follow in his father's footsteps,
who was a harmonica player himself. Around age 13 did he start playing
seriously, after he had the shock of his life listening to a recording
by the great Sonny Boy Williamson II. In 1985 he put together his first
band.
In 1989, Jc met Louisiana Red and the
legendary Bluesman gave him a try-out. Jc remembers, after two or three
songs at the sound check Louisiana Red came to me and said: "OK Little
Boy! you´re gonna play with me tonight … " Asking Red about Jc´s playing
he says: " I love the way he blows his harp, it comes from deep inside".
Red took him under his wing, and from that day on, hired him for lots of
his concerts in Europe . "And he taught me well: beside his guitar, Red
is also a great harp player who learned from the harmonica virtuosos of
the Chicago Golden Years themselves, people like
Little Walter,
Big Walter Horton,
Carey Bell. He would show me a lot of
their tricks!"
Meanwhile, Little Jc kept his band together, and he started playing more
and more all over Europe, even as faraway as Russia. He´s sat in with
some of the greatest musicians in Chicago , and jammed with blues
artists in the windy's city blues clubs. He put out his first CD in 1994
" prisoner of the blues " followed in 1996 with a second CD "before they
drive me crazy " both CD´s well received by the blues milieu. He played
great festivals such " Piazza Blues Festival / Lucerner blues Sessions /
Cognac Blues Passions / Banana Peel / Crossroads / Cricketer´s / Spirit
66…
He helped out young local musicians such as Bonny B. allowing them on
stage and giving them lessons.He also shared the stage with great people
such as Eddie C. Campbell, Johnny
Johnson, Zora Young, Bill Thomas,
Carey Bell,
RL Burside. He played drums with Raoul Ficel with who he recorded
two CDs, second guitar with Chicago harp player Matthew Skoller, bass
guitar for Rock Bottom, toured with his band backing Chicago artist
Tommy Mc Cracken, Big Time Sarah.
From 2000 to 2006, started over playing the way he would do 20 years
before : One Man Band, in the Doctor Ross
style, plus a few gigs with Louisiana Red. Swiss Guest star at Blue
Balls Lucerne, broadcast live solo on Suisse Radio, played at the Geneva
Blues summit, and also gigs with a backing band.
December 2006 he recorded live his 3rd CD "Blues straight from the
heart" backed up by great musicians. Bluus Club Baden, 2008 Lucerne
Blues Festival No matter if you'll find him playing by himself with his
outstanding one man band formula, with a band or backing up great
bluesmen like Louisiana Red: he´ll give you his best!

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