Bluesman
presents eclectic and electric style
John Mooney is a slide guitarist, working primarily in a traditionalist
Delta acoustic style. Originally hailing from Rochester, NY, Mooney learned
his craft first hand from country blues legend Son House. Later in his career,
he moved to New Orleans, switched to electric guitar and began enlivening
his music with Second Line rhythms indigenous to the area. After performing
straight acoustic Delta blues for several years, Mooney changed his musical
direction in 1983, when he formed Bluesiana, a more eclectic — and electric
— outfit. Throughout the '80s, he toured and recorded with Bluesiana, opening
for the likes of Albert King, Bonnie Raitt, and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.
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