- Bob Hall (boogie-woogie pianist)
Robert 'Bob' Hall (born
13 June 1942 , inWest Byfleet ,Surrey ), is a leading English boogie-woogiepianist . A long-time collaborator ofAlexis Korner , he also performed regularly with bottleneck bluesman Dave Kelly and his sister,Jo Ann Kelly .Career
Founder member of several British
blues bands includingThe Groundhogs , Tramp, The Sunflower Blues Band and The De Luxe Blues Band, Hall has worked and recorded with artists such as Peter Green,Danny Kirwan andMick Fleetwood , ofFleetwood Mac , and is also a long serving member ofSavoy Brown , and guests withThe Blues Band , featuringPaul Jones , Dave Kelly andTom McGuinness .Hall was also a founder-member, with Ian Stewart, of the Boogie Woogie Big Band which later became Rocket 88, and which included
Hal Singer , Don Weller andDick Morrissey among many leading jazzmen, together withCharlie Watts ,Alexis Korner , andJack Bruce .As a
sideman , he has accompanied such blues names asJohn Lee Hooker ,Howlin’ Wolf ,Little Walter ,Jimmy Witherspoon ,Chuck Berry ,Homesick James ,Lightnin' Slim ,Lowell Fulsom ,Charlie Musselwhite ,Snooky Pryor ,J.B. Hutto ,Lazy Lester , Baby Boy Warren, Eddie Burns,Eddie Taylor , Big John Wrencher,Mickey Baker , andEddy Clearwater .An acknowledged authority on blues and boogie woogie piano, Hall has contributed to a number of
magazine s and books and is the sleeve-note writer for theYazoo Records piano blues series. He is also currently working on the piano sections of "The Routledge Encyclopaedia of the Blues".
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