[Harp-L] Re: Memphis Slim/Sonny Boy Williamson - hour

["Christopher" <bluzeharp@xxxxxxx>]

Elizabeth Writes:
'The guitar work is as stellar as the piano playing. A guitarist name of 
Matthew 'Guitar' Murphy I hadn't heard of before seeing his name here.  I 
checked him out on Wikipedia and he's had a very interesting career with 
some of the other Blues Greats'.

Matt Murphy was James Cotton's guitarist during part of the 1970's.  I saw a 
few of their shows in my late teens/early 20's... they were absolutely 
spectacular!  For my money this was the absolute pinnacle of Cotton's career 
as a bandleader.  Matt was too good to be a sideman forever and moved on, he 
also ventured into playing jazz.  I've seen both of them many times after 
the split, always GREAT but never quite the same magic.  Cotton, now quite 
old, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at SPAH last month!

Matt under his own name was the rhythm guitar player/husband of Aretha 
Franklin in The Blues Brothers movie.

Christopher Richards
www.harmonicaplanet.com