Late Night with Tom Walbank Blues Duo!

(No Cover | 10:30pm Show) After Friday night’s show, join blues guitarist/harpist Tom Walbank and drummer Dimitri Manos as they rock the Century Room!

**Tom Walbank**

Englishman Tom Walbank was born in the town of Wells, Somerset in 1969. Raised in Totnes, Devon, he discovered blues in his teens, beginning with harmonica (which remains to this day his main instrument). He has been playing and living in Tucson for 24 four years and was inducted into the Arizona Blues hall of Fame in 2009. Tom’s harp playing is influenced by Sonny Terry, James Cotton, Sugar Blue, Mark Feltham and Rory McLeod. He plays guitar in the style of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Son House and Big Joe Williams. He has toured both in North America and in Europe.

Tom has recorded over 20 albums and recorded with musicians such as- Phil Wiggins, Arthur Migliazza, Charlie Musselwhite, Asie Payton, Bad News Blues Band, Howe Gelb, Calexico, Gabriel Sullivan, Naim Amor. In 2009 he was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame. He has shared the stage with the likes of B.B. King, Lazy Lester, Kim Wilson, Canned Heat and many others.