Hayden Fogle
Close portrait of Hayden Fogle on stage, looking towards the camera over the neck of his guitar, lit in teal and warm pink stage light.

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
  • PRS Guitars artist,
    and JAM Pedals

Watch

Live.

Start here. Hayden on stage with Buddy Guy, Quinn Sullivan and Robert Randolph at Artpark.

Hayden and Buddy Guy 12 June 2012
Hayden and Buddy Guy 26 February 2013
Hayden and James Cotton 1 April 2014

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About

Mississippi blues, by way of Buffalo.

Hayden Fogle is an electric blues guitarist and bandleader from Buffalo, New York. He fronts the Hayden Fogle Band, recognised as one of the top blues acts in Western New York and invited to headline festivals across the country.

He took 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, and has shared stages with Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Lee Ritenour, Robert Randolph and Davy Knowles.

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Hayden Fogle leaning into a microphone while playing, caught mid-phrase under magenta and teal stage lighting.

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.

Jeff Miers The Buffalo News, 2019

A guitar prodigy who straps on a Fender to mystify tavern and festival crowds

Michael Farrell The Buffalo News, 2015

Press and accomplishments

Overhead view of the Hayden Fogle Band on stage at Sportsmens Tavern in Buffalo, playing to a full room with people watching from the balcony.

“The rest of the world needs to be let in on Buffalo’s long-held secret.”

Jeff Miers, The Buffalo News

Shared 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

Photographs

On stage.

Overhead view of the Hayden Fogle Band on stage at Sportsmens Tavern, playing to a full room with people watching from the balcony.
Hayden Fogle photographed from a low angle mid-solo, head tipped back, playing a heavily worn Fender Stratocaster.
Detail of a battered sunburst Stratocaster in close-up, one hand fretting and one hand at the bridge, stage lights blurred behind.
The Hayden Fogle Band as a trio on stage beneath the neon Sportsmens Buffalo NY sign, with guitar, drums and bass.

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Booking

Bring him to your stage.

For booking enquiries, festival dates and press requests.

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