Buffalo, New York
HaydenFogle
Electric blues guitarist and bandleader from Buffalo, New York.
Photograph by Zachary Todtenhagen
- 2018 Grand Prize, Blues
Ritenour / Yamaha International - 50+ Countries represented
in that competition - 12 Age when Buddy Guy
called him on stage - PRS Guitars artist,
and JAM Pedals
Watch
Hear it first.
Start here. Hayden on stage with Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan and Robert Randolph at Artpark.
About
Mississippi blues, by way of Buffalo.
Hayden Fogle is an electric blues guitarist and bandleader from Buffalo, New York. He discovered the blues while living in Mississippi and started playing guitar just before his ninth birthday.
At twelve he was invited on stage by Buddy Guy for a sold-out show at one of the largest venues in his hometown. In 2018 he won the Grand Prize in the blues category of the Lee Ritenour / Yamaha Music International Guitar Competition, judged by a panel that included Joe Bonamassa, Keb' Mo', Joe Satriani and Vince Gill.
Press
What the critics say.
Hayden Fogle is making some serious moves these days, leading me to believe that he might not be in town - spoiling Buffalo-area blues-lovers with his virtuosic and ever-expanding interpretation of electric blues history and its various funky, soulful off-shoots – for very much longer. The rest of the world needs to be let in on Buffalo’s long-held secret.
Fogle plays the electric blues like a seasoned journeyman. His depth of soul, incisive phrasing and tendency to favor subtle nuance over flash suggests a musical maturity that belies his tender age.
A guitar prodigy who straps on a Fender to mystify tavern and festival crowds
“The rest of the world needs to be let in on Buffalo’s long-held secret.”
Jeff Miers, The Buffalo NewsShared stages
The company he keeps.
Hayden has been invited to perform with a long list of nationally known players.
- Buddy Guy
- James Cotton
- Tom Hambridge
- Lee Ritenour
- Robert Randolph
- Davy Knowles
- Donald Kinsey & Kinsey Report
- Bob Margolin
- Quinn Sullivan
Booking
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