Legendary guitarist/vocalist Guitar Shorty is a giant in the blues world. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with ...

HATCH - Leading up to the Hatch Chile Festival on Labor Day weekend, legendary blues guitarist Guitar Shorty will play a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, at Sparky’s Burgers and BBQ ...

The inbox can be a bummer. Things were skating along on Thursday when an email from Alligator Records landed. “Blues Master Guitar Shorty, September 8, 1934-April 20, 2022,” it read. Huge bummer.

After five decades in music, Guitar Shorty has stories. Stories of betrayal, loss and pleading that burn in a Chicago blues style. Despite all the heart wrenching, Shorty (a.k.a. David William Kearney ...

Guitar Shorty, a blues great for more than six decades known for his stage antics and awesome guitar solos, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 87 and his death was attributed to natural causes by ...

CHICO — The best performers make work look easy. In blues, great performances means the lead guitar flows note to note, twisting in the air like a lost soul. It’s the essence of heartache amplified.

Venerable bluesman Guitar Shorty has rampaged through American music for more than half a century and fortunately for us he shows little signs of stopping any time soon. The Los Angeles-based ...

David Kearney, aka Guitar Shorty, is one of the highest-energy and most popular bluesmen on today's expansive and eclectic music scene. He's influenced some of America's most influential musicians, ...

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David William Kearney, from Houston, tells many entertaining stories about music-industry luminaries such as Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy and Guitar Slim, and for all I know, they’re true. Even though ...

Guitar Shorty was born David William Kearney on September 8, 1939 in Houston, Texas and raised in Kissimmee, Florida by his grandmother. He began playing guitar as a young boy, excited by the sounds ...