Don Haupt

Performing with the ferocity of the slightly unhinged, Don Haupt tears into the blues with field-holler vocals and a hefty hand on the guitar backed by a right foot not just tapping but stomping the stage so hard it is felt through the floor clear into the back row. The songs recall the early times of blues when roads were made of dirt and reverb was nothing more than a rattling resonator cone. Farming, decking on Mississippi River towboats, and long-haul trucking have influenced a style based on the classic self-accompanied bluesman. Fans of traditional blues will not be disappointed.