“They blow down the walls. Dim the lights, turn up the stereo, and let the house party begin.”
- Guitar Player Magazine.
“The world’s #1 houserocking blues band.”
- The Boston Globe.
From smoking, authentic electric slide guitar boogies to raw-boned Chicago shuffles to the deepest slow blues, guitarist / vocalist / songwriter Lil' Ed Williams is an awe-inspiring master bluesman. He and his blistering, road-tested band, The Blues Imperials - guitarist Mike Garrett, bassist James "Pookie" Young, drummer Kelly Littleton - are celebrating 20 amazing years together.
Lil' Ed boasts a direct bloodline to blues history - his uncle and musical mentor was the great Chicago slide guitarist, songwriter and recording artist J.B. Hutto. Adding to the legend is Ed's storybook rise, taking him from working in a car wash to entertaining thousands of fans all over the world.
In 2006 he made multiple appearances on Late Night With Conan O'Brien (including a hilarious film with Lil' Ed teaching Conan how to play the blues) culminating with Lil' Ed on stage jamming with O'Brien in front of a television audience in the millions.
The Washington Post describes Li' Ed Williams' music as "contagious wildness." The Philadelphia Inquirer expresses it as "raucous and hugely entertaining."