It is the sound of cross-town traffic and the blowing of horns from yellow cabs.

It is the sound of Blues, the kind of blues that makes you feel dirty and sweet all at once; it tastes of jazz and funk and salsa from the barrio. It says “dig it baby... hoy flaco ju got 5 dollars for me!?”

The New York City Blues doesn't screw around, it puts a blade to your throat and the barrel of a gun to your head.
 

The New York City Blues stands alone and leads where all else follows. From the bowels of Brooklyn we present to you 5 of the finest guitarists in the universe.

Some were born in New York, others found their way to the rotten core of the Big Apple.
(Remember, New Yorkers are made not born.)
 
 

"BIG ED" SULLIVAN

His trademarks are his unique jump/blues and rockabilly
tinged  tunes with sci- fi subjects like Flying Saucers and
Rock and Roll Zombies.

When Big cuts loose on his trusty Strat or big body Gibson
Super 400, look out.

His style is uniquely unselfconscious and visceral.

Just released

Big

The first Big Ed solo cd

He offers up some of the tastiest and most ferocious licks known to mankind !

Right now he's in the studio (with Popa producing)
So keep your eyes peeled for the new Arthur Neilson cd!
NOW AVAILABLE

Listening to blues on the radio while digging graves at Arlington
National Cemetery after school, it is rumored he would learn riffs
from the spirits who were buried there.

After a brief time in Austin, T. found his way to The Big Apple,
where he has lived on The Bowery for the last 2 decades.

A master of finger picking techniques ala Dave Van Ronk and Jazz
chording ala Chuck Wayne T- walks, talks, eats, drinks, and sleeps
the blues as he blends complicated influences into an organic,
harmonic and lyrical style.

Matt keeps a heavy touring schedule performing and
doing clinics for Hamer and Ovation.

He also is a contributing editor to Guitar Player Magazine.

But what it is all about for Matt is expression and he does
express sounds and soul both electric and acoustic to bring
a tear to the eye of the hardest hearted.

He learned his licks watching the masters at the legendery Grand Emporium.
He is the next wave of truly talented young guitarists to carry on the torch
of the blues.