Stacy Mitchhart (born February 16, 1959) is an American

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. Mitchhart began his professional career in Cincinnati, Ohio, playing the club circuit there and gaining widespread attention in the early 1990s. In 1996, he moved to Nashville to take up residence as house band at the Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar in famous Printer's Alley. In 2003, Mitchhart received the Albert King Most Promising Guitarist Award at the

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in Memphis, Tennessee. His album, ''Gotta Get The Feeling Back Again'' album was considered for a

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in 2008. Mitchhart was inducted into the South Canadian Blues Hall Of Fame in 2016. Stacey Mitchhart playing a Cigar box guitar

He is married to Tawana Mitchhart, and has three adopted children: Kenzie, Milan, and CJ. They currently reside in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to music Mitchhart is a

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making Cigar box guitars

Discography

*1993 ''Blues Transfusion'' *1994 ''Simple Medicine'' *1995 ''Live From the Slippery Noodle Inn Vol. III'' *1997 ''Stacy Mitchhart and Blues-U-Can-Use "Live" at Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar'' *1998 ''Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar... Nothin' But'' *2001 ''What I Feel'' *2004 ''Midnight Breeze'' *2005 ''Stacy Mitchhart Live! in Concert'' *2006 ''I'm A Good Man'' *2007 ''Gotta Get The Feeling Back Again'' *2009 ''Live From B.B. King's'' *2011 ‘’Grown Ass Man’’ *2015 ‘’Live My Life’’ *2017 ‘’Stacy Mitchhart’’ *2019 ‘’Bring It On Home’’

References

External links

Official website
* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchhart, Stacy 1959 births Living people American blues guitarists American male guitarists Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee Musicians from Cincinnati Songwriters from Ohio Songwriters from Tennessee Guitarists from Tennessee Guitarists from Ohio 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians American male songwriters