Rip Lee Pryor appears Friday, August 25th at 6PM at the Kenlake Hot August Blues Festival!
Richard "Rip Lee" Pryor didn't have to go far for his blues pass. He was born into it, he is the son of the legendary Snooky Pryor. Rip started at a young tender age blowing his dad's discarded harmonicas and mimicking his records.
Richard "Rip Lee" Pryor didn't have to go far for his blues pass. He was born into it, he is the son of the legendary Snooky Pryor. Rip started at a young tender age blowing his dad's discarded harmonicas and mimicking his records.
Rip
played guitar in several local soul bands while in high school. In
1994, he started playing blues guitar with his dad, netting a spot on
Snooky's CD recording "Mind Your Own Business" and also a
Japan tour. Rip formed several blues bands in the Carbondale Il
area, singing and blowing harmonica. In 1998, he recorded a CD "Pitch
a Boogie Woogie" playing all instruments on 8 of the tracks.
Later he got into doing his solo act playing guitar and harmonica.
With the hassle of music and a day job he got out of the music
business in 2000. After retiring from his day job in 2008 and a bout
with bone marrow cancer in 2010, Rip is back and very strong. He has
been working steady with his One Man Blues Show touring South
America, Europe, playing various local venues and blues festivals
throughout the US. Rip recorded a CD in 2014 with Electro-Fi Records
"Nobody But Me". Rip plays Chicago '50's style blues with a vengeance
.
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