Kirk Fletcher (USA)

Kirk Fletcheri nimi särab tänavuse Augustibluusi esinejaterivi tipus. Tegemist on bluusimaailma tippartistiga, kes esineb maailma bluusifestivalidel peaesineja staatuses. Kirk Fletcherit (35) peetakse noorema põlvkonna maailma parimaks bluuskitarristiks, kes on nõutud külaline oma valdkonna muusikute albumitel ja kontserttuuridel. Lisaks on Fletcher kriitikute poolt tänapäeva kaalukaimaks bluusbändiks nimetatud The Mannish Boys liige. Kirk Fletcher ei esine oma sooloprojektiga kuigi sageli ning seetõttu võib tema esinemist Augustibluusil pidada harukordseks sündmuseks.
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Kirk Fletcher brings you the sound of blues as it was played when giants like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, T-Bone Walker and Little Walter still towered over the blues landscape.  Kirk not only “gets it”, he’s got it, that hard-to-define depth that makes every phrase he plays come sounding exactly like the blues and nothing else. Fletcher’s uniqueness in his field coupled with his extraordinary talent has earned him feature stories in virtually every major blues publication in the world.
As a two time Blues Music Award nominee who has toured with Lynwood Slim, Janiva Magness, Charlie Musselwhite, The Mannish Boys, The Hollywood Blue Flames and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, as well as performed with James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Mojo Buford, Phillip Walker, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Michael Landau, Elvin Bishop, Ronnie Earl, Doyle Bramhall, Michelle Branch and many more… Kirk Fletcher is considered one of the best young guitar players on the blues scene today.