L.V.BANKS

Un 28 de de octubre de 1932, nace en  Stringtown, Mississippi, EE.UU.. Toca la guitarra y canta el blues desde una edad temprana, Banks fue fuertemente influenciado por B. B. King. Finalmente se instaló en Chicago, Illinois, convirtiendo su presencia en muy  significativa en la escena del blues vibrante de la ciudad, que atrae a las audiencias y seguidores. Su reputación internacional se mejoró  a través de una grabación de finales de los 90  con Wolf Records en Austria. L.V. BANKS  Blues Band , incluye acompañantes como Michael Thomas (guitarra rítmica), Ike Anderson (bajo) y Dwayne Manuel (batería). 

                        
                  
        
                             

                             

                            

L.V. Banks (October 28, 1932 – May 2, 2011) was an American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a respected club performer in Chicago for many years. He recorded two albums for Wolf Records.

Banks was born in Stringtown, Mississippi. He taught himself to play the guitar and fronted a blues band in Greenville, Mississippi. His musical influences included B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Milton.Banks moved to St. Louis, Missouri, before he was drafted into the U.S. Army. After his duty was over, in the early 1960s, he relocated to Chicago, Illinois. He played on Maxwell Street and later was a regular fixture for over three decades in local clubs, particularly on the South Side. In the early 1990s, Banks acted as mentor to the then-teenaged blues musician Marty Sammon.

Banks's debut album, Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear, was released in June 1998 on the Austrian label Wolf. John Primer played guitar on the album. A second album, Ruby, was released by Wolf in 2000. It was his final album.

He died of heart failure in the South Shore Hospital, in Chicago, in May 2011, aged 78. His son, Tre' is following his father's tradition as a Chicago-based blues musician.