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The incredible KENT DUCHAINE from Minnesota, U.S.A. is appearing at The Bullfrog Blues Club on South Parade Pier, Southsea, on Thursday 1st October. This is a real MUST SEE gig - "The Times" even named Kent as 'one of the best five concert acts in the U.K'!!! At the age of thirteen Kent got his first electric guitar and formed a band in his home in Minnesota, He soon discovered the music of Robert Johnson, taught himself to play slide guitar, developed his own ferocious wild style. He immersed himself into the music of Johnson, Muddy Waters, Lightening Hopkins, T-Bone Walker and Bukka White - and never looked back. B y 1970 he'd opened a show for one his heroes - the aforementioned Bukka White. From 1972 - 1975 Kent performed in a band with Kim Wilson (later of The Fabulous Thunderbirds) backing many blues greats including Fenton Robinson, Boogie Woogie Red, Luther Tucker, Hubert Sumlin and Eddie Burns. As the reputation of the band grew Willie Dixon arranged a recording contract and a concert sharing the bill with Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker, and Howling Wolf. In 1979 Kent met up with his beloved Leadbessie, a beat up 1934 National Steel guitar, and in 1989 he met the legendary Johnny Shines. They traveled together for three years and performed over 200 shows together, recording“Back To the Country” with harmonica genius Snooky Pryor. The album won the W.C . Handy Award for best country blues album. Kent and Johnny were invited to perform at “Roots Of Rhythm And Blues: A Tribute To Robert Johnson Era” at The Smithsonian Institute In 1991. The show was recorded and Grammy nominated. However, the following year .Johnny Shines sadly passed away. During his concerts Kent speaks of the history of the blues music, the great men who developed it, and his incredible involvement with some of them. Songs such as “Shake Your Money Maker”, Jitterbug Swing” have folk up dancing, whilst Kent’s’ versions of songs like “Trouble In Mind” and “St James Infirmary” have been seen to bring tearsto grown men's eyes. Kent and Leadbessie have clocked up over two million miles together, and undertaken over 75 overseas tours. Kent's recorded six albums which include his own compositions as well as songs that keep alive the those songs those wonderful old blues legends produced. Check Kent out on www.kentduchaine.com KENT DUCHAINE is appearing at The Bullfrog Blues Club on South Parade Pier, Southsea, on Thursday 1st October. Doors open at 8 p.m .Tickets are just £8, and obtainable in advance from our secure website, www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com - or take your chances on the door.