Charles Wheal Band

Following in the footsteps of other English musicians steeped in the blues, from Peter Green to Stevie Winwood, Wheal dives deep into Southside Chicago blues, West Coast swing, and Texas blues. Over the years, Wheal has played with a virtual who's-who of blues greats, such as James Cotton, Charlie Musselwhite, Kim Wilson, and Huey Lewis. This is a don’t miss show!

Charles Wheal walked into a bar in Blacksburg Virginia to hear Muddy Waters' old guitar player "Steady Rollin" Bob Margolin light up the stage. That night, he went back to his apartment, picked up his roommate's acoustic guitar, and hasn't been without one since.

After an apprenticeship in the historic clubs of Chicago, Charles was pulled further westward, to one of the epicenters of the contemporary Blues scene--San Francisco. Wheal got the call from harmonica player Mark Hummel to fill the guitar chair in his band. He played on all of Hummel's releases since then. For almost a decade, he anchored Mark Hummel and the Blues Survivors, playing with some of the greatest musicians of their generations, criss-crossing North America and Europe to packed halls, and playing festivals and clubs to dedicated fans of blues and jazz from around the world.

Wheal currently devotes his energy to his own band that can be found playing at all of the best Bay Area clubs, providing a mix of Chicago, Texas, and West coast blues that gets crowds on their feet and keeps them there.

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