"For thirty years, Rick Estrin was the voice and face of one of the country's best-loved blues and jump bands, Little Charlie & The Nightcats. His huge harp sound, streetwise vocals, razor-sharp lyrics and hipster persona were as much the focus of the band as Little Charlie Baty's hard-swinging and unpredictable guitar. In fact, Rick was so much the central figure of the band, most newcomers assumed he was "Charlie"
Now, with Little Charlie's retirement from touring, Rick has truly stepped up to become "the man". With support from the ever-inventive and swinging Nightcats rhythm section of Lorenzo Farrell and J. Hansen, and a young new recruit - Norway's greatest contribution to American blues, guitar wildman Kid Andersen - Rick has taken the band in a fresh new direction, rocking harder and more intensely than ever, but never straying far from the blues."
Bruce Iglauer,
President & Founder
Alligator Records |
Rick Estrin Reveals Secrets Subtleties & Tricks of the Blues Harmonica
