E9571 - Duster Bennett: The One-Man Band of the British Blues Boom

Picture a smoky late-1960s London club where the wall of rhythm and blues coming off the stage is produced by a single person: a bass drum pedal under his foot, a harmonica in a rack around his neck, and a vintage gold-top guitar in his hands. This episode traces the life of Anthony 'Duster' Bennett, born September 23, 1946, in Welshpool, Powys, who came up through the art school scenes of Kingston upon Thames and Guildford, worked as a session harmonica player in the early 1960s, and then, inspired by Jimmy Reed and Joe Hill Louis, adopted the punishing one-man-band...