When you think of masters of the Blues guitar, certain names come to mind. Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Keb’Mo, and Shannon Curfman. Who is Shannon Curfman, you ask? She is a master of her craft at 25, the next great blues guitar legend. Shannon grew up in Minneapolis, where she honed her skills following in the footsteps of fellow Midwesterner Jonny Lang. At the age of 14 she recorded her first album "Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions" and shook the genre to its core. Now, eleven years later, she has done nothing but get better.
To see her, she looks like your average 25 year old with a rather attractive smile, and beautiful long red hair. She’s very sweet and approachable and she takes her time chatting with fans of all ages. When she gets up on stage, however, this beauty becomes a beast. Her voice is a throaty, bluesy, and quite sexy growl and her guitar work is a marvel to behold. Clear running riffs and chords that sound near perfect to their recorded counterparts. Her long hair swings and swishes wildly as she plays “Playing with Fire,” and “Few and Far Between,” two of her signature songs. Then she reverts to a young woman again for “Never Enough,” a song imbued with such emotion it never fails to bring a tear to the most jaded audience member’s eye, and apparently caused her mother to want to send the young Shannon to a therapist.
Ending her concerts, as she usually does, with her unbelievable cover of the Fleetwood Mac classic “Oh Well” simply blows the roof off the place every single time.
She is a master of her craft at 25, the next great blues guitar legend. And she’s currently on tour with Kid Rock – don’t miss it!
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