New York City blues legend Charlie Hilbert has played the blues for forty years - from his time in the streets of NYC with harmonica master, Nat Riddles, to his recent performances with Adam Gussow, headlining MUNDHARMONIKALIVE in Klingenthal, Germany, and teaching and playing at HILL COUNTRY HARMONICA in Oxford, Miss.
"A major part of the New York City Blues scene for nigh on two decades"-- Blues Life Journal, Austria
"The most versatile guitarist I know" - Len Kunstadt, Pres. Spivey Records
"One of the best slide guitarists in New York City"- harmonica virtuoso Bill Dicey
"Charlie is...a major talent...He's a natural-born showman, happy to razzledazzle." -- Adam Gussow (Modern Blues Harmonica)
"You are the greatest guitar player I have ever heard!" -- A patron full of good cheer, but very perceptive nevertheless
Nominated Best Blues Harmonica Player by the Lehigh Valley Blues Society
Runner-up (duo with Johnny Bishop) in the Granite State Blues Challenge