Artist Info: Michael Osborn

Michael Osborn - Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter

Destined to become John Lee Hooker’s bandleader and lead guitarist — and a guitar hero in his own right — Michael Osborn and the blues first made each other’s acquaintance when Michael was a young teen in the mid-1960s. Friends with eventual blues greats Robben and Patrick Ford, Michael took up the bass guitar and played with the Ford brothers in blues, rhythm & blues and soul bands from 1967 through 1969. [read more...]