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Nick Gravenites (/ ɡ r æ v ɪ ˈ n aɪ t ɪ s / grav-ih-NY-tis; born October 2, 1938) is an American blues, rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his work with Electric Flag (as their lead singer), Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield and several influential bands and individuals of the generation springing from the 1960s ...
Nick Gravenites grew up on the south side of Chicago hanging out in the mid-50’s with a coterie of misfit white kids – Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Michael Bloomfield – who went on to form that protean powerhouse of watershed white blues, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
Bio. Nick grew up on the south side of Chicago hanging out in the mid-50’s with a coterie of misfit white kids – Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield, Michael Bloomfield – who went on to form that protean powerhouse of watershed white blues, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
Mar 26, 2024 · Review: Nick Gravenites ‘Rogue Blues’ By Jim Hynes. The distinctive voice of the Butterfield Blues Band and the Electric Flag, Nick Gravenites, returns with a solo album, Rogue Blues, his first in eight years. These are songs that Gravenites liked to play live, and many have never been released.
Nick Gravenites. 4,663 likes · 69 talking about this. People try to hustle up a brand new car every year, just to drive around, feelin' lonely.
Album produced by Nick Gravenites. All songs written by Gravenites, Bloomfield and/or Muldaur.
Apr 9, 2024 · Nick Gravenites – Rogue Blues. M.C. Records. www.nickgravenites.com. 7 tracks – 28 minutes. Born in 1938, Nick Gravenites grew up on the southside of Chicago where he learned the blues from a number of the Chicago greats including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, and Otis Rush among others.
Nick Gravenites. Follow Artist +. Guitarist. songwriter, and producer steeped in the blues who worked with Janis Joplin and the Electric Flag. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1960s - 2020s. Born. October 2, 1938 in Chicago, IL.
Nick Gravenites approaches his career in the style of the old bluesman-his way, on his terms. This seminal figure who injected life into the folk movement of the late-'50s, and the Chicago urban electric blues sounds of the early and mid-'60s, and was instrumental in the development of the psychedelic era, remains, now in his fifth decade, true ...
Jun 15, 2023 · Bluesman Nick Gravenites, 84, reminisces about his long career and the musicians he met and played with along the way.
