As the title of his critically acclaimed CD suggests, Grammy Award
Nominee and Handy Award Nominee, John Primer is truly “The Real
Deal”. At 8 years old, John borrowed his first guitar and started to
strum. With the sounds of Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Little Milton,
Elmore James, B.B. & Albert King reverberating through his Grandmother
Laura Nell’s tube radio, John was instantly hooked. He was
fascinated with Blues music and set forth on a life long path of
becoming a musical force. Early inspiration came from his family
steeped in spiritual, gospel, and R&B tradition. At the age of
eighteen, feeling restless and in search of further audiences, John
followed the path of his mentors and migrated to Chicago in the fall
of 1963. He quickly found work in an era when modern electric blues
and West and South Side sounds were first taking shape.
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