DOUG HAMBLIN

""His licks make sense, there's a real clarity to his work. He plays with his fingers which gives a texture and control no pick can afford.  He's a bluesman." - Elliot Schneider, S.F. WEEKLY"By using his fingers instead of a pick he comes up with a number of shadings and colors most guitarists never dream of...a unique style of phrasing, and a seemingly inexhaustible amount of tricks, licks and ways to go." - Richard Glauber, WHAT'S HAPPENING "Killer modern blues..soulful vocals and fluid guitar work.  'American Dreamer' is a really sterling effort that deserves wider exposure." - Mick Skidmore, RELIX MAGAZINE "A Guitar Great."   - Peter Stack, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "...Guitar Heaven!" - Tess Taylor,  MUSIC CONNECTION   Award winning guitar player  Doug Hamblin began 'busking' as a teenager, picking folk, country blues, and rock and roll in San Francisco. First recorded with Stu Blank 1977, Jo Allen and The Shapes 1978 (produced by Eliot Mazer). In 1988 teamed with powerhouse belter Jan Fanucci, Doug toured as a headliner and with blues giants Albert King, John Lee Hooker, Koko Taylor, Dr. John and many others. Their debut album got critical raves, and earned a BAMMY nomination for Blues Artist of the Year in 1988. Doug has recorded and/or toured with Southside Johnny Lyon, Stephen Stills, Johnny Rivers, Bruce Willis, John Prine,Lester Butler of the Red Devils, and performed with Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Blondie Chaplin and Bernard Fowler of the Rolling Stones, Ivan Neville; and numerous other blues and rock artists; and produced records for New Zealand alt-country songwriter Helen Henderson and new wave rockabilly queen Pearl Harbour. Doug served as Music Director at the 4th Annual Blues Foundation Lifetime Achievement Awards, backing legends Ruth Brown, Bobby 'Blue' Bland and Ray Charles. Doug is a respected session guitarist in LA, and has composed scores for TV and film. Doug recorded and released MASON SOUTH 's debut EP to strong reviews in 2003 . Doug is currently producing an album of roots music with legendary rock n roller JOHNNY RIVERS, which features prominent LA musicians JIM KELTNER, HERB PEDERSEN and CHRIS HILLMAN... Doug is currently touring summer 2007 with the BRUCE WILLIS BLUES BAND.