The pandemic created as much new music as it halted, says “BIGLLOU”. He practically lives in his own home studio where he says he tries to stay busy churning out voice overs for TV and radio spots and even doing character voices for toys and recording music. But you may know him best as the Voice Host of one of the biggest blues stations in the world, B.B. Kings Bluesville on Sirius-XM, a gig he’s had since Sirius and XM merged. He was chosen by the original and legendary Program Director, Bill Wax.
The two became great friends and it was Bill who encouraged him to record his first blues album and use local musicians from Chicago. Bill also invited him to co-host the Blues Music Awards which were broadcast on Bluesville at the time. It was in Memphis that he met the blues legend Mr. Bobby Rush who gave him the advice, “When you make a record... make sure you put your name in it so folks will remember you.” And that’s how the Blues Music Award winning album, They Call Me Big LLou, came into being. BigLLou took home the award for “Best New Artist” in 2013.
Fast forward to 2020 — America is divided and in the throngs of a pandemic, so BigLLou thought that this was as good a time as any to put pen to paper and finish the album he’d been working off and on for years. Originally titled, “Big Man – The Legend of BIGLLOU”, on GoldenVoice Audio Recordings, is BIGLLOU’s first genre busting creation that encompasses several of the musical art forms that he grew up listening to as a young man growing up during the 60’s in Chicago. Jazz, Swing, R&B and even a little bit of Country. But at it’s roots.. is the Blues.. “Everything else is the fruits”!
A transplanted Chicago native now living and working in Los Angeles, he co-produced BIGMAN with his longtime producing partner Keith Stewart. Stewart, also a former member of the popular 70’s R&B group Heaven & Earth.
BIGLLOU has appeared on over a dozen cd projects , since the release of his Blues Music Award-winning debut “They Call Me BIGLLOU”. Including Grammy Winner Bobby Rush and Columbia Records’ hip hop artist Raury, With a voice as big as the Grand Canyon and a personality to match, let’s hope that BigLLou continues to find the time in his studio, to keep recording good music and sharing his Golden Voice with all “His Bluesy Friends.”
In addition to his Blues Music Award he's also the recipient of the Society of Voice Arts & Sciences Award for Best Campaign TV Voice Over for his work Phillips 66 gas. He was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame, won the 2021 and 2022 REED Award for "Best TV Voice Over" for voicing political television ads as well narrating the documentary "WoodStock of House" which won the 2022 San Diego Black Film Festival for "Best Documentary".
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The two became great friends and it was Bill who encouraged him to record his first blues album and use local musicians from Chicago. Bill also invited him to co-host the Blues Music Awards which were broadcast on Bluesville at the time. It was in Memphis that he met the blues legend Mr. Bobby Rush who gave him the advice, “When you make a record... make sure you put your name in it so folks will remember you.” And that’s how the Blues Music Award winning album, They Call Me Big LLou, came into being. BigLLou took home the award for “Best New Artist” in 2013.
Fast forward to 2020 — America is divided and in the throngs of a pandemic, so BigLLou thought that this was as good a time as any to put pen to paper and finish the album he’d been working off and on for years. Originally titled, “Big Man – The Legend of BIGLLOU”, on GoldenVoice Audio Recordings, is BIGLLOU’s first genre busting creation that encompasses several of the musical art forms that he grew up listening to as a young man growing up during the 60’s in Chicago. Jazz, Swing, R&B and even a little bit of Country. But at it’s roots.. is the Blues.. “Everything else is the fruits”!
A transplanted Chicago native now living and working in Los Angeles, he co-produced BIGMAN with his longtime producing partner Keith Stewart. Stewart, also a former member of the popular 70’s R&B group Heaven & Earth.
BIGLLOU has appeared on over a dozen cd projects , since the release of his Blues Music Award-winning debut “They Call Me BIGLLOU”. Including Grammy Winner Bobby Rush and Columbia Records’ hip hop artist Raury, With a voice as big as the Grand Canyon and a personality to match, let’s hope that BigLLou continues to find the time in his studio, to keep recording good music and sharing his Golden Voice with all “His Bluesy Friends.”
In addition to his Blues Music Award he's also the recipient of the Society of Voice Arts & Sciences Award for Best Campaign TV Voice Over for his work Phillips 66 gas. He was inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame, won the 2021 and 2022 REED Award for "Best TV Voice Over" for voicing political television ads as well narrating the documentary "WoodStock of House" which won the 2022 San Diego Black Film Festival for "Best Documentary".
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