⬇️ BRYAN LEE ⬇️
(Brian Leroy Kumbalek)
DISCOGRAPHY 1991-2018 (23CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Bryan Lee (born March 16, 1943, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, died August
21, 2020 (aged 77) in Sarasota, FL) is an American blues guitarist and singer based in New Orleans,
Louisiana. He is also known by the nickname braille blues daddy and
has been a fixture on Bourbon Street since the 1980s.
Lee completely lost his eyesight by the age of eight. His avid interest
in early rock and blues was fostered through the 1950s by late night
listening sessions via the Nashville-based radio station WLAC-AM, where
he first encountered the sounds of Elmore James, Albert King and Albert
Collins.
By his late teens, Lee was playing rhythm guitar in a regional band
called The Glaciers that covered Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Chuck
Berry material. Through the 1960s, Lee's interest turned to Chicago
blues and he soon found himself immersed in that scene, opening for some
of his boyhood heroes. In 1979 he released his first album named Beauty
Isn't Always Visual.
In January 1982, Lee moved to New Orleans, eventually landing a steady
gig at the Old Absinthe House on Bourbon Street becoming a favorite of
tourists in the city's French Quarter. For the next 14 years, Lee and
his Jump Street Five played five nights a week at that popular bar,
developing a huge following and a solid reputation.
Today Lee continues to perform in New Orleans. He also tours several
times a year in the Midwest, Eastern Seaboard, Rocky Mountain States and
recently Europe and Brazil. Lee appeared with Kenny Wayne Shepherd as
the musical guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on February 14,
2007.