![]() ![]() The character of Guitar Man is the foundation for his stage persona. His character, Guitar Man, learned while he was an understudy to "Chick Streetman", played all the actual music in the play while performing. Wolfe, an adaptation of three short stories by Zora Neale Hurston. Keb' Mo' has appeared on stage (1990–1993) in several versions of the musical Spunk, by George C. Moore jammed with Albert Collins and Big Joe Turner and emerged as an inheritor of a guarded tradition and as a genuine original. He was further immersed in the blues with his long stint in the Whodunit Band, headed by Bobby "Blue" Bland producer Monk Higgins. Keb' Mo's debut, Rainmaker, was released on Chocolate City Records, a subsidiary of Casablanca Records, in 1980. Moore was also a staff writer for A&M Records and arranged demos for Almo – Irving music. Red Octopus hit number one on the Billboard 200 in 1975. Keb' Mo's first gold record was received for a song, "Git Fiddler", which he co-wrote with Creach on Jefferson Starship's Red Octopus. Creach hired him when Moore was 21 years old and Moore appeared on four of Creach's albums: Filthy!, Playing My Fiddle for You, I'm the Fiddle Man and Rock Father. He first started recording in the early 1970s with Jefferson Airplane violinist Papa John Creach through an R&B group. He moved on to play in a variety of blues and backup bands throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Keb' Mo' started his musical career playing the steel drums in a calypso band. By adolescence, he was an accomplished guitarist. From early on, Keb' Mo's parents, who were from Louisiana and Texas, instilled him with a great appreciation for the blues and gospel music. ![]()
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