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Inspired
by legendary blues and gospel guitarist, Rev. Gary Davis, Simon has
been
involved in the British blues scene since the ‘60s. With his
playing partner of
twelve years, Steve Rye (harmonica), he first came to prominence on an
album
recorded and released in 1968, Blues Like Showers of Rain. The
successful
triumvirate of Simon, Steve and pianist Bob Hall performed throughout
the ‘70s
as the ‘All Star Medicine Show’. When
Steve’s health declined, he was replaced
by Kevin Stenson.
Simon
also played occasionally with the late JoAnn Kelly and accompanied
Sonny Terry
when half of that legendary duo, Brownie McGhee, became ill. Since the
‘80s, Simon
has performed solo and with actress and singer Masha Vlassova initially as
part of the ‘Mobile
Moaners’. Masha is a
New Zealander of Russian extraction, and sings in the style of Bessie
Smith, Ma
Rainey and Sophie Tucker.
