Johnny WHITEHILL

 JOHNNY WHITEHILL 

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 BIOGRAPHY 

Guitarist Johnny Whitehill has been a fixture on the British blues scene since the 1970s, emerging as a star while a member of the Blues Burglars, the band he formed with harpist Paul Lamb in the early '80s. As a guitarist, his inspirations and influences came from the likes of B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller, Lightnin' Hopkins, et al., and, later on, fellow British bluesman Peter Green, among others.

Johnny has long since been regarded as one of the best Blues Guitarist in the UK by fellow Blues artists and fans; He started out playing in the North East of England with local famed Blues bands The Blues Burglars and The Real Deal.

He then left the North East to perform as lead guitarist with Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes for 20 odd years winning all manor of awards recording several CD's including a solo effort in 1998 entitled "Guitar Slinger" on indigo records and making many fans all over England and Europe. After a semi-retirement in his home town of Ashington, he is back on the road performing around the UK with Grove-a-Matics, a blend blues, r&b and soul into a rich musical gumbo.