E9574 - Eric Bibb: Born Into Folk Royalty, Finding His Blues Voice in Europe

When Eric Bibb was eleven and learning guitar, a family friend leaned over and told him to drop the flashy techniques and keep it simple. That friend was Bob Dylan. Born in New York City in the summer of 1951, Bibb was the son of folk and musical theater figure Leon Bibb, the nephew of Modern Jazz Quartet founder John Lewis, and the godson of Paul Robeson, with Pete Seeger among the regular visitors. He got his first steel-string guitar at eight, faked illness to stay home studying records by Odetta, Joan Baez, and the New Lost City Ramblers, played...