Tallan Latz – 9-Year Old Blues Prodigy
How healthy is the future of the blues?
B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy are still rocking us with their original blues guitar and there certainly are some great prospects coming up from Kenny Wayne Shephard to Doyle Bramhall II – but what about the next generation?
How about 9-year old Tallan Latz?
With idols like Stevie Ray Vuaghan and Jimmie Hendrix – he is choosing his models well. And so far he is learning the blues guitar classics like Freddie King’s Hideaway — but most of all, he has that certain MOJO that blues performers must have to make it big…watch this video (which has over 2Million views on YouTube by the way):
By starting off at age 5, Tallan has a great lead and way to enter the blues stream – he can use that time to learn from the masters he will no doubt meet in the coming weeks and months. As much as he can learn technically from them, hopefully he can learn how to put on a show, how to get along and protect yourself in the music and entertainment business so that he can continue to bring us the blues for years to come while he learns to live a well-rounded life as a kid too.
Check out Tallan’s website and discover what the world is calling the next great blues prodigy. By the look of his upcoming shows, he’s going to have a very busy summer.
What do you think – where will he be 5-years from now?
Filed under New Blues by on Jul 16th, 2009. Comment. 
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Comments on Tallan Latz – 9-Year Old Blues Prodigy
Saw this incredible young man in Dallas at the SRV Ride and concert.
He has an amazing gift that needs to be shared with the rest of the world.
He has impecable manners and obviously has had a good upbringing which will serve him well in the future.
Good-luck,Tallon–uou are the “real deal”