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Electric blues guitarist and bandleader from Buffalo, New York.
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Short biography
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.
Full biography
Hayden Fogle discovered the blues while living in Mississippi, and started playing guitar just before his ninth birthday.
He was brought into the music scene at twelve, when blues legend Buddy Guy invited him to play alongside him at a sold-out show at one of the largest music venues in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. Since then he has performed with a long list of nationally known musicians, among them Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Grammy-winning producer Tom Hambridge, Lee Ritenour, Robert Randolph, Davy Knowles, Donald Kinsey and the Kinsey Report, and Bob Margolin.
In 2018 he took the Grand Prize in the blues category of the Lee Ritenour / Yamaha Music International Guitar Competition. The competition drew entrants from more than fifty countries and was judged by a panel including Lee Ritenour, Joe Bonamassa, Keb' Mo', Pat Martino, Joe Satriani and Vince Gill.
The Hayden Fogle Band came together in 2014, assembled to play real, no-holds-barred electric blues drawn from Hayden's own influences: Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins. The band has been recognised as one of the top blues acts in Western New York and has been invited to perform and headline at some of the largest music festivals in the country.
He plays PRS guitars and JAM Pedals.
Quotes
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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
Accomplishments
Credentials.
- Grand Prize winner, Blues (2018). 2018 Lee Ritenour / Yamaha Music International Guitar Competition. The competition drew entrants from more than 50 countries, judged by a panel including Lee Ritenour, Joe Bonamassa, Keb' Mo', Pat Martino, Joe Satriani and Vince Gill.
- Invited on stage by Buddy Guy (2012). At twelve years old, invited by Buddy Guy to play alongside him at a sold-out show at one of the largest music venues in Buffalo.
- PRS Guitars and JAM Pedals artist. Endorsed by Paul Reed Smith Guitars and by JAM Pedals.
- One of the top blues bands in Western New York. The Hayden Fogle Band has been invited to perform and headline at some of the largest music festivals in the country.
Shared stages
Buddy Guy · James Cotton · Tom Hambridge · Lee Ritenour · Robert Randolph · Davy Knowles · Donald Kinsey & Kinsey Report · Bob Margolin · Quinn Sullivan
Selected venues and festivals
UB Center for the Arts · Artpark · Kleinhans Music Hall · Buddy Guy's Legends · Rosa's Lounge · Experience PRS 2013 · Artpark · Canal Bank Shuffle · Crossborder Blues Festival · Niagara Falls Blues Festival · The East Aurora Music Festival · The Hamburg Music Festival · Rotary Ribs Rhythm & Blues Festival · Belle Star Music Festival (headliner) · Elmwood Summer Concert Series at Bidwell Parkway
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