In January 2017 Manchester native Norman Beaker became only one of eight 21st-century British artists to be officially recognised and inducted as a Legend in the American Heritage Society's Blues Hall of Fame®, alongside his colleagues Jack Bruce, Peter Green, John Mayall, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.
It was a long-overdue honour not only to a man who's loyally served the genre for several decades, but to the land and town of his birth as well, and never more honestly earned.
His legendary status should come as no surprise; Norman is one of those very first artists who with such iconic colleagues as Chris Barber, Alexis Korner, and Graham Bond helped to create the unique British Blues, R&B and Rock sound that captivated the world.
Norman kept its classic ageless signature sound alive throughout his distinguished career, whether playing solo or with a Who's Who of blues, soul and rock from both sides of the Atlantic, including Chuck Berry, Jack Bruce, Van Morrison, Peter Green, Buddy Guy, Ruby Turner, and B.B. King, who stated, "Norman is like a white Freddie King", testimony to Norman's merits as a superior guitarist, vocalist and frontman.
Staying true to those genuine, innovative roots that made British Blues a major musical force--regardless of changing trends--have only served to keep him cutting-edge and contemporary.
"The best rhythm and blues band in the country."--Jack Bruce
Though known primarily as a bluesman, Norman seamlessly moves among the genres of jazz, rock, pop and R&B with the grace and ease that characterise his performances and original songs. He's not only hard at work on his next album, he's also collaborated on a track with soul legend Steve Ellis (original voice of The Love Affair) for both his own and Steve's album, which also features Mike D'Abo and Paul Weller. The Beaker-penned "Time and Tide" promises to be a Soul classic, and both eagerly anticipated albums are due in the fall.
The Beaker Band's unique combination of uncompromising reliability, professionalism, friendliness and humour have made them one of the best-loved acts from the UK to Scandinavia to the Continent to the Balkans. They treat every show as the performance of their lives, whether at a small venue to The Royal Albert Hall.
There weren't many of these gifted first and finest who defined the British Blues genre...and now sadly there are even fewer still.
Of these rare national treasures who still remain, none serve the music more faithfully than Norman Beaker, whose guitar, voice and original songs are as fresh and powerful as when he first began in the Northern clubs of the '60's...and continue as ageless and enduring as his home city itself.
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