Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
Born in Chicago on April 4, 1955, Ed grew up surrounded by the blues. He was playing guitar, then drums and bass, by the time he was 12. Ed and his half-brother Pookie received lessons and support from their blues-playing uncle, J.B. Hutto. “J.B. taught me everything I know,” says Ed. “I wouldn’t be where I am today without him.”
From smoking slide guitar boogies to raw-boned Chicago shuffles to the deepest slow blues, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Lil’ Ed Williams is an awe-inspiring master bluesman. He and his blistering, road-tested band, The Blues Imperials—guitarist Mike Garrett, bassist James “Pookie” Young, drummer Kelly Littleton—are celebrating 20 amazing years together.
Live, Lil’ Ed And The Blues Imperials simply can’t be beat as Ed breaks out the deepest back-bends, the highest toe-walks, and the most authentic electric slide-guitar blues being played today.
2007 & 2009 - Blues Music Award Winner - Band of the Year
“They blow down the walls. Dim the lights, turn up the stereo, and let the house party begin”- Guitar Player
“The world’s #1 houserocking blues band” - The Boston Globe
“Lil’ Ed And The Blues Imperials throw down old-style house-rocking shuffles, duck-walking struts and stomping rhythms as if marching down the tabletops at an all-night club…fearsome” - The Chicago Tribune
“contagious wildness.” - The Washington Post
“raucous and hugely entertaining.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Williams represents one of the few remaining authentic links to the raucous, pure Chicago blues.” - The Chicago Tribune
“contagious wildness.” - The Washington Post
“raucous and hugely entertaining.” - The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Williams represents one of the few remaining authentic links to the raucous, pure Chicago blues.” -The Chicago Tribune
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