DESCRIPTION:
Billy Thompson performing "Further On Up The Road", by the Bobby Blue Bland, @ the 21st Annual NYS Blues Festival.

Artist Website: http://www.billythompsonmusic.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Billy-Thompson/433934915716

"BILLY THOMPSON is a world class slide guitar player, masterfully combining blues, rock, funk, and R&B.

Billy has performed live with Little Milton, Albert King, Art Neville, Earl King, Larry "Arkansas" Davis, Elvin Bishop, & Chuck Berry and has opened for B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Boz Scaggs, The Neville Brothers, Dickey Betts, Joe Cocker, Sonny Landreth, Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, John Hammond Jr., Bobby Womack, Robben Ford, Junior Walker and the Allstars, Lee Roy Parnell, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Albert Lee, Joe Louis Walker, Cocoa Montoya, War, Jimmie Vaughan, Gallactic, Anson Funderburg, Debbie Davies, Kenny Neal, Robert Walter's 20th Congress, Lucky Peterson, Angela Strehli, Janiva Magness, Ronnie Baker Brooks and more.

Billy has also done some impressive theatrical stints including lead guitar for the Broadway show "Ain't Nothin' but the Blues" and for Tony Award winning playwright Keith Glover's Bluesical , "Thunder Knocking on the Door", which he recorded with platinum recording artist Keb Mo.

Billy's style was heavily influenced by his touring and time spent with Larry "Arkansas" Davis, who stated,

"Bill, you writin' the blues of the future."

-As seen on the official NYS Blues Festival blog @
http://nysbluesfest.com/blog/tag/billy-thompson/