Alvin Youngblood Hart – Discography

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Alvin Youngblood Hart (born Gregory Edward Hart; March 2, 1963)is a Grammy Award-winning American musician.Hart was born in Oakland, California, and spent some time in Carroll County, Mississippi, in his youth, where he was influenced by the Mississippi country blues performed by his relatives. Hart is known as one of the world’s foremost practitioners of country blues. He is also known as a faithful torchbearer for 1960s and 1970s guitar rock, as well as western swing and traditional country. His style has been compared to Lead Belly and Spade Cooley. Bluesman Taj Mahal once said about Hart: “The boy has got thunder in his hands.” Hart himself said, “I guess my big break came when I opened for Taj Mahal for four nights at Yoshi’s.”

1996 – Big Mama’s Door
1998 – Territory
2000 – Start With The Soul
2002 – Down In The Alley
2005 – Motivational Speaker