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Alvin Youngblood Hart: the everything man.(blues musician )(Interview)

From: Sing Out!  |  Date: 6/22/2003  |  Author: Von Tersch, Gary

Blues revivalist Alvin Youngblood Hart is a combustible, rough and tumble vocalist, an accomplished multi-instrumentalist and a durable songwriter shaped by wide-ranging influences from Lead Belly and Howling Wolf to Link Wray and Frank Zappa. In addition to his prowess as a performer, he repairs and restores the vintage guitars, mandolins and banjos he plays. Since the release of his well-received debut album in 1996 he has toured nearly non-stop, quickly asserting himself as one of ...

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