Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater is a versatile, flamboyant Chicago blues rocker who can perform good-natured party music and original, deep, melancholy blues with equal finesse. "It's country and blues and rock 'n' roll combined...high energy music," Clearwater says of his trademark sound. Born in 1935 in Macon, MS, Eddy Clearwater grew up listening to Delta blues and country & western records. His family moved to Birmingham, AL when he was 13. There Eddy began playing guitar backing various gospel groups, including the now-legendary Five Blind Boys of Alabama. Clearwater (so nicknamed as a wordplay on Muddy Waters by drummer Jump Jackson) moved to Chicago when he was 15, and with his distinctive blend of Chuck Berry-style rock and Magic Sam-influenced West Side blues, combined with his left-handed, upside-down guitar playing and dramatic stage performances, he quickly developed a reputation as a great showman with a killer repertoire. He recorded several singles and worked steadily in Chicago-area nightclubs for the next 20 years, remaining one of Chicago's hidden treasures. Today, Clearwater continues to tour across the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America, performing 200+ concerts a year. His latest CD, Reservation Blues, is his third release for the Bullseye Blues label and was produced by guitarist Duke Robillard.

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