Grammy award winner Alvin Youngblood Hart is pleased to announce an endorsement agreement with Saint Blues Guitar Workshop in Memphis, Tennessee. Hart is proud to add the Mississippi Bluesmaster to his regular line- up of guitars. He has been a longtime admirer of St. Blues since the release of their original line in the early 1980s.
“I look forward to taking it on tour with me and playing some rock and roll,” said Hart. Highly experienced at guitar and amp repair, Hart also hopes to bring his own brand of “Mad Science” into to the St. Blues collaboration.
Alvin Youngblood Hart is one of the most revered guitar players of our time. His praises have been sung by everyone from Eric Clapton to Luther Dickinson. Hart is the recipient of numerous industry awards including a 2005 Grammy Award. Currently Hart tours with his band Alvin Youngblood Hart’s Muscle Theory, with South Memphis String Band and as a solo acoustic act.
Both Hart and St. Blues make their home in Memphis, Tennessee. “It was a natural choice,” said Brian Halley, St. Blues’ Director of Sales and Marketing, “We love working with local musicians and supporting the music from our own backyard.” Longtime master luthier Tom Keckler first started St. Blues in 1983 after several other fruitful projects. His first creation, the Bluesmaster soon found itself in the hands of everyone from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons to U2’s Bono. Today every St. Blues guitar is finished and set up right in Memphis and will always have its roots in this hallowed ground.
Both Alvin Youngblood Hart and Saint Blues Guitar Workshop look forward to a long lasting and industrious relationship.
About St. Blues Guitar Workshop
Originally launched in Memphis in 1984 by one of Schecter Guitar Research’s early founders, Tom Keckler, St. Blues quickly became one of the sought after boutique guitar brands in the mid to late 80’s but closed shop in 1989. The artists that played or still play, original St. Blues are a who’s who of rock and blues legends. In 2006 the company was relaunched. The current St. Blues line features the original Bluesmaster (61 South, Mississippi Bluesmaster, B-II and B-IV), the Bluescaster (BC-IV) and the King Blues Bass. Based out of Memphis, Tennessee, St. Blues markets its line of vintage style guitars and basses through over 150 independent dealers around the US and overseas.
For additional information:
www.myspace.com/alvinyoungbloodhart
http://www.saintblues.com/
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