Buddy Whittington (born December 28, 1956, in

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), is an American

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ist. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister's records of

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, and

John Mayall John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, musician and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among it ...

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. At the age of 14 he was already a part of the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene and playing regularly in the clubs along Jacksboro Highway. While attending

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, Whittington played in a band called Short Change, which opened for Point Blank, a band that he would later join, replacing guitar player Kim Davis. During the early 1980s, he formed and sang with his own band, The Sidemen. In 1991, they opened for John Mayall and when

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left the Bluesbreakers in 1993, Mayall called him to take his place in the band. In Mayall's band Whittington sang occasionally and contributed to songwriting. When, after fifteen years, Mayall disbanded the Bluesbreakers, Whittington continued to gig in Texas, but also joined forces with

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and Pete Stroud, who had toured with Mayall as part of Peter Green's band. In 2008, Whittington released his first solo album and he continues to tour regularly in the UK and throughout Europe, though Roger Cotton has left the band, which now works as a threesome featuring Darby Todd on drums. In August 2013, Whittington sat in with his old boss John Mayall at the Bedford Blues Festival in

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. Whittington lives in Hurst, Texas with his family. Whittington usually plays a 1963 Stratocaster plugged into a Dr. Z amplifier. He also plays a Lentz guitar modeled partially after the Fender Telecaster.

Discography

* 1980 – ''Texas Boogie Blues'' (Ray Sharpe) * 1995 – '' Spinning Coin'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 1997 – ''Blues for the Lost Days'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 1999 – ''Padlock on the Blues'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 2001 – ''Along for The Ride'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 2002 – ''Stories'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 2003 – ''

70th Birthday Concert 70th Birthday Concert may refer to: * 70th Birthday Concert (John Mayall & the Bluesbreaker album) * 70th Birthday Concert (Duke Ellington album) ''70th Birthday Concert'' is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellingt ...

'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 2005 – '' Road Dogs'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 2007 – ''In the Palace of the King'' (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) * 2007 – ''Buddy Whittington'' (Buddy Whittington Band) * 2007 – ''Texas Blues Project, Vol. 1'' (Dr. Wu and Friends) * 2010 – ''Bag Full of Blues'' (Buddy Whittington Band) * 2010 – ''Texas Blues Project, Vol. 2'' (Dr. Wu and Friends) * 2011 – ''Six String Svengali'' (Buddy Whittington Band)

References

External links

Buddy Whittington on Myspace

Official Buddy Whittington website
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