Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite & Charlie Musselwhite in Sacramento

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite is a collaboration between two American blues musicians whose careers began in the 1960s. Elvin Bishop played guitar in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and is known for “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” while singer and harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite established his recording career with Stand Back! and “Christo Redemptor.” They recorded the album 100 Years of Blues together in 2020. Elvin Bishop appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 as a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, while Charlie Musselwhite developed his early stage career in Chicago blues clubs. Decades of separate touring preceded their joint concerts built around 100 Years of Blues. Those performances feature guitar and vocals from Elvin Bishop and harmonica and vocals from Charlie Musselwhite.

Charlie Musselwhite is an American blues singer, harmonica player and guitarist, born in 1944 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. He joined the Chicago blues scene in the early 1960s and made his album debut with Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band. The instrumental “Christo Redemptor” became a signature piece in his repertoire. In 1976, Charlie Musselwhite performed at The Band’s farewell concert, The Last Waltz, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. After recording Get Up! with Ben Harper, he toured with Harper and appeared at the White House’s Memphis Soul concert in 2013. They toured together again following No Mercy in This Land, where Charlie Musselwhite sang and played harmonica while Ben Harper sang and played guitar.