Chico Banks (March 7, 1962 – December 3, 2008)
was an American
Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He released one album, in 1997 on
Evidence Music, produced by Larry Hoffman. Banks was both a band leader and sideman, having played with Chicago's blues musicians from his late teens until his death at the age of 46. He is best known for his tracks "Your Fine" and "Candy Lickin' Man".
He was the son of the guitarist Jessie Banks, who played backing for the
Mighty Clouds of Joy
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One commentator noted that Banks "focuses on good-time, upbeat blues".
He was an influence on the guitarist and singer
Reggie Sears
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Biography
He was born Vernon X. Banks in Chicago, Illinois.
Banks was inspired by
Magic Sam,
Buddy Guy,
Albert King,
Jimi Hendrix
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Otis Clay,
George Benson and
Tyrone Davis. His blues guitar playing incorporated
jazz and
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stylings. He first played in a
covers group in his mid-teens. He later worked with Guy and Clay plus
Melvin Taylor
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Career
Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He moved to Chicago with his parents in 1962.
He joined the