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My Take
Musselwhite fascinates me as a living bridge between eras of the blues. A Mississippi-born harmonica master who helped revive the Chicago sound alongside Bloomfield and Butterfield, he carried the loaded label of a white bluesman while earning his place purely through decades of soulful, unpretentious playing. A Blues Hall of Fame induction and a Grammy only confirm what his longevity already proves. What I respect most is the constancy: while trends came and went, he kept blowing honest, gritty notes. That kind of fidelity to a tradition, rather than to fashion, is what makes an artist truly timeless.
Overview
Charles Douglas Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American blues harmonica player and bandleader who came to prominence, along with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Elvin Bishop, as a pivotal figure in helping to revive the Chicago Blues movement of the 1960s. He has often been identified as a "white bluesman".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Name (Japanese)
- チャーリー・マッスルホワイト
- Reading
- ちゃーりー・まっするほわいと
- Born
- January 31, 1944 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- musician / bandleader / conductor / singer / songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Memphis Technical High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2013 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album
- 2010 Blues Hall of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Killers of the Flower Moon | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.charliemusselwhite.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/charliemusselwhiteofficial/
- Xhttps://x.com/musselwhiteharp
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.