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Jhett Black
- Chattanooga, TN
- Singing Guitarist
- Travels up to 6 hours
- $400 - $6,000
Overview
+ Old school class with a vintage Southern aesthetic for your event.
+ Covers multiple style accross American Roots Music. Blues, Country, Americana, Vintage Pop, Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll.
+ Covers and Original music taylored to your event
+ Winner of the 2022 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN.
+ Charting Blues Radio Artist
+ Award Winning Songwriter and International Songwriting Competition Finalist 2024
+ Internationally Touring Artist
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When Jhett take the stage... everyone is watching. He demands attention and has a presence of dark and light. His music is complex and inspiring and his voice is one-of-a-kind.
Blues Band, Guitarist, One Man Band, Singer/Songwriter, Singing Guitarist
Booking Info
Price Range: $400 - $6,000
Gig Length: 10 - 180 minutes
Languages: English, Spanish
What to Expect
Classic and classy. A variety of suits or casual appearances available.
Solo / Acoustic:
An intimate and smoky acoustic performance with a vintage feel emphasizing the use of slide guitar, resonator, nylon, guitar are traditional flat top. From country, blues, jazz, Americana.
Acoustic Duo:
Jhett is accompanied by Harmonica / Upright Bass Player. This broadens the sound and lends to more singer/songwriter sound and more cover options.
Acoustic Trio:
A Truly distinct Americana / Roots / Blues ensemble that can still be kept at intimate volumes without drums.
Rock Duo:
Think Black Keys. A more Garage Rock take on Blues, Roots, Country, and Americana.
Band:
4 Piece Blue Rock Band to burn down the barn.
About
Foot stomping rhythms and raucous slide guitar interweave with soulful gospel roots and balladry. The Southern Gothic sound of Jhett Black draws from years of experience on the road with underground folk rock band, Gleewood, and his passion for American roots music.
13 Years as full time performer has sculpted a unique but familiar sound that can be stripped and intimate or searing rock 'n' roll depending on the lineup and requirements of the event.
Somewhere between teaching himself slide guitar behind the chicken coop of a New Mexico ranch house and an endless sea of dive bars, the blues found their way into the young man’s heart and pours back out with the passionate performance of an older soul.
Jhett won 2nd place at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, 2022, in the solo/duo category. His self-produced EP, Roots, landed on the Roots Music Report Blues Charts as #1 for four weeks and in the top 10 for over twenty weeks. His debut blues rock album, Babel, received acclaim across the blues scene internationally landing on the Big Blues Charts and the Roots Music Report Blues Charts in the #10 for twelve weeks.
The internationally received songwriter draws from deep sources such as Lead Belly and Howlin’ Wolf, while illustrating ballads with lyrical nods to storytellers like Johnny Cash, and Nick Cave.
Additional Booking Notes
This is negotiable and case by case depending on the needs of the client.
Set List
Hours of award winning original material +
COVERS - Special Songs may be requested.
This is not an exhaustive list but gives you an idea of genre scope.
House of the Rising Sun - Traditional
Stand by Me - Ben E. King
Too Sweet - Hozier
Lose Control - Teddy Swims
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Under The Milky Way - The Church
Should I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash
Going Down - Freddie King
Born Under a Bad Sign - BB King
St. James Infirmary. - Traditional
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
While My Guitar gently Weeps - The Beatles
+ Many, many. more but all in a distinctly artistic delivery. Not a direct rendition of the songs.
See Provided songs in audio section as an example.
Influences & Inspiration
Bill Withers
Roger Miller
Johnny Cash
The Black Keys
Freddie King
The Avett Brothers
Setup Requirements
Providing, Staging, Lighting, PA, and an Audio Engineer greatly reduces end price but must be approved by artist.