An award winning blues harp player from Chicago, Billy Branch has recorded and/or performed with an incredible list of Blues legends including: Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Johnny Winter, and Albert King. Blues producer, Chicago Beau has written, "... Billy Branch is a Bluesman; Billy Branch is the Blues."

Billy Branch is an award winning blues harp player from Chicago. Billy has recorded and/or performed with an incredible list of Blues legends including: Muddy Waters, Big Walter Horton, Son Seals, Lonnie Brooks, Koko Taylor, Johnny Winter, and Albert King. He formed and continues the noted Blues in the Schools program. Blues producer, Chicago Beau has written, "Billy Branch has become a beacon, and model for his times; as an artist, and social/cultural activist... Billy Branch is a Bluesman; Billy Branch is the Blues."

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This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the Crane Group and General Mills Foundation.