S.E.Willis, originally from West Virginia, has been playing the piano and harmonica since the age of six, and organ and accordion since his teens. He started playing in rock and roll bands along Arizona’s stretch of Route 66 in 1967. Willis’ music is deeply rooted in traditional American forms: blues, boogie-woogie, country, rockabilly, gospel, and zydeco. Willis will be joined on stage by Bobby Cochran on drums and vocals, Ruth Davies on bass, Bob Welsh on guitar, & Nancy Wright on sax and vocals; of which 4 of his band members including himself from the Elvin Bishop Band had won the 2015 Blues music Award for Band of the year.
S.E.Willis, originally from West Virginia, has been playing the piano and harmonica since the age of six, and organ and accordion since his teens. He started playing in rock and roll bands along Arizona’s stretch of Route 66 in 1967. Willis’ music is deeply rooted in traditional American forms: blues, boogie-woogie, country, rockabilly, gospel, and zydeco. Willis will be joined on stage by Bobby Cochran on drums and vocals, Ruth Davies on bass, Bob Welsh on guitar, & Nancy Wright on sax and vocals; of which 4 of his band members including himself from the Elvin Bishop Band had won the 2015 Blues music Award for Band of the year.
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