Bobby Radcliff is an American

United States

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 blues

Blues

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 guitarist

Guitarist

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 and singer.

Radcliff was raised in Bethesda, Maryland

Bethesda, Maryland

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, where he played in blues clubs

Nightclub

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 after picking up the guitar at the age of 12. He also visited Chicago

Chicago

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 several times, where he met musicians such as Magic Sam

Magic Sam

Samuel "Magic Sam" Gene Maghett was an American Chicago blues musician. Maghett was born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, and learned to play the blues from listening to records by Muddy Waters and Little Walter...

. In 1977, he relocated to New York

New York City

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, where he took a job in a bookstore and played local clubs at night. In 1987 he began recording and performing full-time. His first studio

Recording studio

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 recording

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 was in 1985, and from 1989-1998 he recorded with Black Top Records

Black Top Records

Black Top Records was a New Orleans, Louisiana based independent record label founded in 1981 by brothers Nauman S. Scott, III and Hammond Scott. The label specialized in blues and R&B music. The first release was "Talk To You By Hand" by Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets...

.

Radcliff underwent hand and arm surgery in the late 1990s making minimal live appearences. In 2004 he released 'Natural Ball' (Rollo Records) and made a return to international performing. In 2011, he recorded "Freaking Me Out" (Krellno Records) which was his first all originals CD. This CD also features Radcliff's original artwork (on the front cover and inside).

Radcliff remains active as a bandleader and in demand guitarist. He has recently guested with: Al Copley

Al Copley

Al Copley is a blues pianist who co-founded the American jump blues band Roomful of Blues with guitarist Duke Robillard in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1967. In 1974 Count Basie called Roomful "the hottest blues band I've ever heard". In 1975 Roomful signed a recording contract with Island Records,...

's Roomful of Blues

Roomful of Blues

Roomful Of Blues is an American blues and swing revival big band based in Rhode Island. With a recording career that spans over 40 years, they have toured worldwide and recorded many albums. Roomful of Blues, according to The Chicago Sun-Times, “Swagger, sway and swing with energy and precision...

 Reunion Band, The Nighthawks

The Nighthawks

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, Bob Margolin

Bob Margolin

Bob Margolin is an American electric blues guitarist. His nickname is "Steady Rollin'".-Biography:Bob Margolin was born and raised in Brookline...

's All Star Band, Jimmy 'Fast Fingers' Dawkins

Jimmy Dawkins

James Henry "Jimmy" Dawkins is an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. He is generally considered a part of the "West Side Sound" of Chicago blues.-Career:...

, Mark Hummel

Mark Hummel

Mark Hummel is an American blues harmonica player, vocalist, songwriter, and long-time bandleader of The Blues Survivors. Since 1991, Hummel has produced the Blues Harmonica Blowout tour, of which he is also a featured performer. The shows have featured blues harmonica players such as James...

 & Rusty Zinn

Rusty Zinn

Rusty Zinn is an American electric blues and reggae guitarist and singer-songwriter. Zinn released six albums between 1996 and 2009, on Black Top, Alligator, Bad Daddy, and 9 Above Records...

, and Bruce Ewan.

Discography

• Early in the Morning (A-Okay Records, 1985)
• Dresses Too Short (Black Top
  Black Top Records
  Black Top Records was a New Orleans, Louisiana based independent record label founded in 1981 by brothers Nauman S. Scott, III and Hammond Scott. The label specialized in blues and R&B music. The first release was "Talk To You By Hand" by Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets...
  
  , 1989)
• Universal Blues (Black Top, 1991)
• There's a Cold Grave in Your Way (Black Top, 1994)
• Live at the Rynborn (Black Top, 1997)
• Natural Ball (Rollo Records, 2004)
• Freaking Me Out (Krellno Records) 2011