October 23 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Albert Cummings at the Stoughton Opera House
From $18.83
About Albert Cummings
Albert Cummings is an American blues musician recording music with Blind Pig Records.[1] He is known for playing with other artists with B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Buddy Guy.[2]
Biography
Cummings began playing the five-string banjo at the age of twelve,[3] and developed a love for bluegrass music.[4] In his late twenties, Cummings formed a trio called “Swamp Yankee.” In 1999, the band released an independently produced album, The Long Way.[5]
After the album’s release, the band went on the Northeast blues circuit. In 1999, Cummings competed in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge, in Memphis. The following year, he released his debut recording The Long Way.[6]
He later worked with Double Trouble and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s rhythm section. Bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton voluntarily played on and produced Cummings’ solo debut recording, self-released, From the Heart in 2003. Recorded in Austin, Texas, it featured Cummings fronting Double Trouble (including Reese Wynans) in their first recording project since Stevie Ray’s passing.[7]