BLUES GUITARIST/VOCALIST JIM SCHWALL: NOVEMBER 12, 1942 - JUNE 19, 2022
Co-Founder of the Siegel-Schwall Band,
Performed With Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane And Countless Others
"Undoubtedly the best electric guitarist in the country."
--The Boston Globe
"Few groups in the world can match the Siegel-Schwall Band's Jim Schwall for the sheer joy of his music."
--The Chicago Sun-Times
Famed Chicago blues guitarist and vocalist Jim Schwall -- co-founder of the influential and popular Siegel-Schwall Band -- died of natural causes at his home in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, June 19, 2022. He was 79. Known for his distinctive guitar sound -- he played an amplified Gibson B-25 acoustic -- Schwall helped introduce the blues to the rock and roll audience with his easy-going, good-natured music. He was also a political activist, a teacher, a photographer and a writer.
