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LIGHTNIN WILLIE:- PROFILE Lightnin Willie and the Poorboys are one of the most authentic yet accessible blues-influenced bands to regularly tour outside the USA. Originally from Texas but now living in Southern California, Willie is a highly accomplished and very versatile guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Hes appeared with some of the legends of American music – like Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan - and has encountered many more musicians along the way - from Muddy Waters to Jimi Hendrix to B B King as well as the UKs Eric Burdon, Robert Plant, Mick Taylor and Keith Richards. Plus Willie has written music for major Hollywood movies and TV. Wherever theyve appeared in the USA, Lightnin Willie and the Poorboys are known as one of the hardest working and most traveled bands, renowned for the great performance they are guaranteed to give. Theyve released six albums and tour the States almost non-stop for most of the year, playing mainly original material to full houses. They have done this for decades. But each summer Willie brings his music to Europe, working with some of the finest British musicians. His stylish combination of powerful blues, rich vocals and impressive high-energy guitar-work, has every audience on its feet. So passionate are some supporters that they now pursue Willie right across Europe. The bands 2010 Europe tour dates include some classy Italian venues as well as Londons Royal Albert Hall plus many smaller venues throughout the UK including Woodstock....the original Woodstock, that is - near Oxford, England. During a rare afternoon of relaxation in the English countryside, Lightnin Willie talks about his passion for blues music, his decades on the road and some of the things hes learned along the way. - With Nick Dent-Robinson. I meet Lightnin Willie in the lush green tranquillity of the Chiltern Hills, not far from Oxford, the medieval university town. It is such an English sce