"Delbert McClinton born November 4, 1940 is a singer, song-writer, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.   Active as a sideman since at least 1962 and as a band leader since 1972.  He has had four albums that made it to #1 on the US Blues chart and one that went to #2.   He honed his craft working in a bar band, The Straitjackets, backing blues giants such as Sonny Boy Williamson II,Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed. His family moved to Ft. Worth when McClinton was 11, and just a few years later he started earning his Ph.D in real American music in a city known as a fertile incubator for a variety of styles. Out on the Jacksboro Highway at clubs like Jack's Place, and in west Fort Worth at legendary venues such as the New Blue Bird, Delbert mastered the craft of keeping the hard-drinking rednecks, cowpokes and roustabouts entertained all night long. And at the legendary Skyliner Ballroom, where McClinton's band was the only white act to play its Blue Monday nights AND be the backing band for the headliners, he received a first-class tutelage from the masters of blues music like Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson. McClinton cut a number of local and regional singles before hitting the national charts in 1962 playing harmonica on Bruce Channel's now classic “Hey! Baby.” On a subsequent package tour of England, Delbert showed some of his harp licks to the rhythm guitarist for a young band at the bottom of the bill. The lessons he gave John Lennon were later heard on hit singles by The Beatles; when the two met Lennon already knew the instrument's basics, and the experienced McClinton shared some new licks with him."  Wikipedia and for more about the artist go to www.delbert.com.