“The British Invasion brought awareness to the music, but not the culture. They were great guitarists, but they weren’t as...

Often overlooked in favor of its electric sibling, acoustic blues has seen a strong upswing in interest in recent years. One of the prime movers in the genre, Georgia’s Jontavious Willis, has just released his third album, West Georgia Blues.

Willis – who was ranked among the top 21 new blues guitarists in a recent Guitar Player poll – has the uncanny knack of crafting original songs that sound like they could have been written any time over the last 100 years.

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