Paul Lamb (born 9 July 1955, Blyth, Northumberland, England)[1][2] is a British blues harmonica player and bandleader. He has had a four-decade long career as a blues harmonicist and bandleader.[3]
Biography
Lamb started playing the harmonica during his childhood, inspired by Sonny Terry, and he was fortunate to meet and collaborate with him after beginning to perform in clubs by the age of fifteen.[3] Lamb played only acoustic blues until about 1980.[4] Lamb also played alongside his heroes such as Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and Brownie McGhee.[3] He formed the Blues Burglars with guitarist Johnny Whitehill in the early 1980s, a formation that eventually became Paul Lamb & the King Snakes. They released an eponymous album with Ace Records in 1990, followed by several others, each building both Lamb's personal reputation as a harmonica player and the band's prestige.[3] He was awarded the British Blues Connection's annual award for the best local harmonica player several years in a row while the King Snakes frequently took the title as best band.[4][5]
Members of the King Snakes band have included guitarist John Whitehill, singer/guitarists Johnny Dickinson and Chad Strentz, bassists Jim Mercer, Dave Stevens, and Rod Demick, drummers Mike Thorne, Martin Deegan, Alan Savage, Daniel Strittmatter, and Sonny Below, and Paul's son Ryan on lead guitar.[2][10]
In 2018 the band includes Paul Lamb, Ryan Lamb, Chad Strentz, Rod Demick and drummer Mike Thorne.[11]
