Blues Singer. Big Bo learned to play harmonica and piano as a child. His first audiences were the people he played for at the age of ten at his grandmother's juke joint in Alabama. In the 1950s, he and singer Little Whitt Wells formed a band called the House Rockers. He and Wells performed together for decades, including tours of Europe and the Chicago Blues Festival. In 1995, the two men, well into their 60s, had Britain's Blueprint's "CD of the Year" with the album "Moody Swamp Blues." In 2000, he received the Alabama Blues Project's Alabama Blues Ambassador Award, and in 2001 he received the State of Alabama's Folk Heritage Award.
Blues Singer. Big Bo learned to play harmonica and piano as a child. His first audiences were the people he played for at the age of ten at his grandmother's juke joint in Alabama. In the 1950s, he and singer Little Whitt Wells formed a band called the House Rockers. He and Wells performed together for decades, including tours of Europe and the Chicago Blues Festival. In 1995, the two men, well into their 60s, had Britain's Blueprint's "CD of the Year" with the album "Moody Swamp Blues." In 2000, he received the Alabama Blues Project's Alabama Blues Ambassador Award, and in 2001 he received the State of Alabama's Folk Heritage Award.
Bio by: Evening Blues
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