LEO " BUD " WELCH
Leo sigue al pié del cañon ofreciendo su particular forma de entender el BLUES. Como podréis ver su background refleja realmente lo que podría ser la vida de un bluesman auténtico, pobreza, penurias, etc....el hombre sigue ahí con su web-site, su Facebook y sus actuaciones demostrando aquello del genio y la figura .................... Su constancia le ha permitido sacar su album de debut 2 meses antes de cumplir los 82 años , en junio de 2014 !!
Leo “Bud” Welch Sr. was born in Sabougla, Mississippi in 1932. Bud picked up a guitar for the first time in 1945. Bud and a cousin would sneak and play the guitar while the actual owner of the guitar (Bud’s older cousin) was away working. As he became confident in his ability to play guitar, Bud was caught red handed by the owner of the guitar, playing the forbidden to touch instrument. Bud’s older cousin was so impressed with his playing that he gave Bud free reign to continue playing the guitar. By 1947 at age 15, Bud could play well enough to perform publically and garnered the blessing of many elder guitar players. Bud was offered an audition by BB King but could not afford the trip to Memphis. Bud played the Blues continuously until 1975, at that time he converted to playing mostly Gospel, with the Sabougla Voices, which consisted of his sister and a sister-in-law. Bud also played with the Skuna Valley Male Chorus. Bud earned his living by carrying a chain saw up and down the hills and hollows of North Mississippi, logging for 35 years. Leo does not believe that Blues is the devil’s music but a way of expressing the highs and lows of one’s life through song. Bud has played his guitar for close family and friends for the past 65 years and has remained under the radar, undetected by the vast majority of Blues Aficionados. Leo’s debut album Sabougla Voices was released January 7, 2014 just two months before his 82nd birthday.
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Shot the Friday night before Juke Joint Festival on April 11, 2014 at Red's in Clarksdale. Leo Bud Welch playing I Woke Up This Morning after cranking the amp to 12 or 13. This video was shot on location by Reed R. Radcliffe / TripleRPhotography - please see my website http://TripleRPhotography.com for hundreds of roots and blues videos and thousands of still photographs of your favorite touring bands.
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