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A multi-instrumentalist, Hamilton Loomis practically grew up in the spotlight. He began on drums and piano at age five, guitar at age six, then conquered the harmonica. Gigging non-stop since age fourteen, he formed a family doo-wop group with his musician parents. By seventeen, he had played the world-famous Delta Blues Festival for an audience of 40,000.

Before he was eighteen, he was writing, arranging, and performing his own material. He produced his first CD, titled simply Hamilton, which received a Grammy nomination for “Best Contemporary Album of the Year”.

Bo Diddley described Hamilton’s second disc, Just Gimme One Night, this way. “You got to put some seasoning in what you’re doin’, and this boy’s got the whole salt shaker!” Hamilton’s third release, All Fired Up, his fourth, Live: Highlights, and his latest, Kickin’ It, on Blind Pig Records, are both on radio rotation on both coasts. It has set the stage for him to stake his claim as a top contemporary performer.

He establishes an easy rapport with his audience, which instantly feels his love of the music. Chris Rose of Eminence Speaker Corporation summed it up. “Seeing him perform at the 2001 NAMM Show renewed my faith in new music. He’s the hottest thing out of Texas since the jalapeno!” Read more…

Note: Hear cuts from Ham Loomis on rotation under My Music in the left bar.