Omar Kent Dykes
American blues guitarist and singer
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| Intro | American blues guitarist and singer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Singer | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Birth | McComb |
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Biography
Omar Kent Dykes (born Kent Dykes, 1950, McComb, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues guitarist and singer, living in Austin, Texas. In 1973 he formed the band, Omar & the Howlers. The band plays electric Texas blues, rock and roll and blues-rock. Dykes has also had a successful career as a solo artist, and regularly toured European countries.
Among his solo albums are Blues Bag from 1991, and Muddy Springs Road from 1994.
Discography
- Big Leg Beat (1980, Stomp)
- I Told You So (1984, Dixiefrog)
- Hard Times in the Land of Plenty (1987, Columbia)
- Wall of Pride (1988, Columbia)
- Monkey Land (1990, Antone's)
- Blues Bag (1991, Provogue) (solo album)
- Live at Paradiso (1992, Provogue)
- Courts of Lulu (1993, Provogue)
- Muddy Springs Road (1994, Provogue)
- World Wide Open (1995, Provogue)
- Southern Style (1996, Provogue)
- Swing Land (1998, Provogue)
- Live at the Opera House 1987 (2000, Provogue)
- The Screamin' Cat (2000, Provogue)
- Big Delta (2001, Provogue)
- Boogie Man (2004, Ruf Records)
- On The Jimmy Reed Highway (2007, Ruf/Bonnier Amigo) (with Jimmie Vaughan, Lou Ann Barton and others.)
- Big Town Playboy (2009, Ruf Records GmbH)
- Essential Collection (2012, Ruf Records)
- I'm Gone (2012, Big Guitar Music)
- Too Much is Not Enough (2012, Big Guitar Music)
- Running With the Wolf (2013, Mascot Label Group)