Journey To Nawlins, Chapter XIV : Mem Shannon (complete discography)

The man from Phunkville

Mem Shannon is a bluesman. But a bluesman from New Orleans, which means that he plays his own local recipe of blues ― I called it Shannon's blue gumbo groove ―, a typical New Orleans mix of swamp rock & blues, R'n'B, soul…, all in a thick funk gravy, with a very attractive jazz underlining, and always a saxophone around. Appealing, exciting, spellbinding !

Born in New Orleans just before Christmas 1959, Shannon started to play guitar in his mid-teens, and got serious about it after seeing B.B. King in concert. King's economical playing style was a major influence for Shannon who always cover a few King's songs during his gigs, a fact largely confirmed through the videos selected below.