Neal Black & The Healers Wherever The Road Takes Me (2-CD)

(DixieFrog) 26 tracks, digipack

Neal Black, Texas Blues Rock Roots Musician, has spent the last 30 years thrilling audiences around the world with his fusion of blues, rock and roots music. One critic referred to him as The Master of High Voltage Texas Boogie.
His albums have been rated 4 stars by Rolling Stone music critics and reached number one on the European radio charts.

As a guitarist, Neal Black has played on stage or in the studio with blues and rock legends including: Robben Ford, Chuck Berry, Popa Chubby, Jimmy Dawkins, Larry Garner, Lucky Peterson, Johnnie Johnson, The Chambers Brothers, Papa John Creack, Elliot Murphy, Johnny Copeland, Van Wilks, Jimmy Vivino, Michael Meritt, James Wormworth, Jennifer Batten (ex Michael Jackson), Michael Jones, Fred Chapellier, Billy Price (lead singer of Roy Buchanan), John Sebastian (ex Lovin Spoonful & The Doors), Dan Baird (ex Georgia Sattelites), Gerardo Velez (ex Jimi Hendrix), Howie Wyeth (ex Bob Dylan), Harvey Brooks (ex Dylan, Miles Davis), Jon Paris (ex Johnny Winter), Jose Fors & Forseps (legendary Mexican artist/musician), Alabama Slim, and many more. ..

As a songwriter, Neal Black has recorded 13 albums for Dixiefrog Records over the past 30 years, longer than any other artist on the European label. In the U.S., his records are available through the Flying Fish/Deluge label, Allegro Distribution and Harmonia Mundi Distribution.

Neal Black is also featured on the Polygram Records compilation Blues Story, where he appears on 4 volumes of the compilation series with legendary blues artists such as Muddy Waters, Freddy King, Roy Buchanan, Chuck Berry....

Neal Black has performed in 21 countries at major festivals and venues including: Montreal International Jazz Festival (Canada), Woodstock 20th anniversary (New York), Guadalajara Blues Fest (Mexico), Le Bataclan (Paris, France), Antone's (Texas), Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), River Blues Fest (Philadelphia), Bragdoya Blues (Norway), Lonestar Roadhouse (NYC), Puistoblues (Finland), New Morning (Paris, France), Castlebar Blues (Ireland), Wendelstein Music Fest (Germany), Cahors Blues Festival (France), Isola Liri Blues Fest (Italy), Satyrblues Fest (Poland), Gastroblues Fest (Hungary), Hell Blues Fest (Norway), and many others.

In the 1980s, Neal Black was a fixture on the Texas blues scene, opening shows for: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Omar & The Howlers, Johnny Copeland, George Thorogood, Leon Russel, Paul Butterfield, Lou Ann Barton, Rick Derringer, Lonnie Mack, Sir Douglas Quintet, Savoy Brown, The Nighthawks and many others. During this time, Neal Black also studied music at the Southwest Guitar Conservatory under jazz greats such as Barney Kessel, Lenny Breau, Herb Ellis and Jacky King....