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Nick 'Hambone' Hamstra is 27, white as a ghost, and sounds like Muddy Waters. He has made waves in the Louisville, KY blues 'scene' for many years now and amazes folks as he typically plays all by himself and sounds as if he's lived in rougher life than most. He beats a drum with his foot and plays the harmonica all the while playing some of the tastiest blues licks heard in quite some time. At times he has a drummer or other musicians play alongside him, but the sonic landscape these guys create is unbelievable, pretty simple but at the same time so beautiful. Their music is lazy and by rolling slowly it makes the listener wish it never ended. Nick is blessed with a voice many people would die for. His singing is intense but without being forced, emotional but without falling into silly cliches. The same can be said for his guitar playing: his deep love and understanding of blues is in every note he plays, it's not something you can learn from books or music.