MUSIC

Shakespeare Pub presents John Richardson.

Jonn Del Toro Richardson is an Albert King and BMA winner for his fiery guitar playing with Diunna Greenleaf’s Blue Mercy and his backing Pinetop Perkins in the Grammy and BMA award winning “Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year”-Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen. Jonn Del Toro Richardson is a blues guitarist from Houston TX representing the strong defining sound of the Texas Blues. Inspired by his uncles he picked up the guitar in his early twenties and immediately started playing in the music scene around Houston. From starting his own bands to having the honor to play with many of the blues greats in Houston early in his career, Richardson discovered his passion in blues music.

Richardson is widely known for his impeccable tone, as well as, his incomparable tasteful playing. His soft voice in conversation is a calming cover to the strong and steady singer and the explosive guitar player he is on stage. His passion for the blues radiates creating a fire of excitement during each guitar solo. He is the Bull and the Toreadors all in one. As he begins to play he lets the energy of the fans inspire him using their energy to calculate his attack. Without warning he can transition from his steady smooth sound to his explosive guitar solos elevating the crowd’s energy higher and higher with each solo always maintaining control to bring it back to the slow and steady. Giving the crowd a chance to breath before his next strike … forcing the crowd to beg for the encore!

For more information on Jonn Del Toro Richardson, go to his site at http://deltoroblues.wordpress.com/