Flávio Guimarães is a harmonica player, singer and Brazilian Blues pioneer. During a career that has spanned two decades, he has released 15 CDs - five solo albums and ten as part of Brazil's premier Blues-Rock band "Blues Etílicos". He is THE harmonica reference in Brazil, not only due to his pioneering work with the blues diatonic harmonica, but also due to his consistently evolving playing and the passing on of harmonica information. He has teached a whole generation of harmonica players in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives, comencing the blues harp movement in Brazil. He has opened for B.B. King and Robert Cray. He has performed on stage with Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Charlie Musselwhite, Sugar Blue, Mark Ford, Mark Hummell, Walter Wolfman Washington and others. Howard Levy, Charlie Musselwhite and Sugar Blue are also special guests in some of Flávio's albums. He and his harmonica make regular appearances on recordings of top Brazilian musicians, as well as on television commercials and film and television soundtracks. Flávio's most recent albuns are the CD "Flávio Guimarães and The Prado Blues Band", wich has been distributed in the United States by the Pacific Blues label ; "Viva Muddy Waters" and "Flavio Guimãrães Live" , both on Delira Records. www.deliramusica.com He's the only endorser of the Hohner Harmonicas in South America. http://hohner.eu/index.php?1307 Some comments by William Clarke's widow, Jeannete Clarke : I am the widow of William Clarke, I just wanted to say I just got 2 of your cd's...you guys are AWESOME!!!!!! WOW. The tune Missin Mr. Clarke is so close to the way Bill sounded it really moved me....Very tight band, the guitar player is great....GREAT chromatic.... I Love your harp playing. "Missing Mr. Clarke" really has Bill's sound, but what is great, you are playing with his "FEEL" but not copying Bill. Very nice. I thank you for your great music. You have a new fan. I have your cd in my car and listen to it all the time. All I can say is you guys are really playing the music the way it is susposed to be played.... Yours in the blues Jeannette Clarke