The Longshot Brandon Santini’s Strong Blues & Rock Mix
The Longshot from blues harpist Brandon Santini has been in my music rotation for a few weeks now. And I am enjoying more each time I listen to it! I first listened to Brandon’s music back in 2015. It was around the time he released his album Live &Extended. I’ve been a fan ever since! You can read my post about Live & Extended here In my opinion Brandon ranks right up there with the best of today’s blues harpists. Santini’s album This Time Another Year was nominated as “Contemporary Blues Album” of the year at the 2014 Blues Music Awards. Brandon was also nominated in the category of, “Instrumentalist- Harmonica”. The nominees were: Charlie Musselwhite Brandon Santini James Cotton Kim Wilson Rick Estrin The winner was the legendary Charlie Musselwhite. But kudos to Brandon Santini for being right there among the best!! About Brandon From Brandon’s website. Brandon was….. ….Raised in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, Santini purchased his first harmonica in 1997 at the age of fifteen when his mother took him to the local music store upon his request. He founded the Blues Music Award nominated band Delta Highway in 2003 and relocated to Memphis where he absorbed the sounds and culture of the Delta and North Mississippi Hill Country, honing his craft night after night, sweating it out in local Beale Street clubs just like Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and B.B. King did decades before him. Now playing over 100 shows per year throughout the world, Santini has garnered five…
