D.K. Harrell

THE TUBE-COOKIN', LOUISIANA-BRED GUITARIST BRINGS THE SIZZLE TO TALKIN' HEAVY, HIS NEW ALBUM OF DELTA-MEETS-CHICAGO BLUES

- By Jim Beaugez

THE MODERN BLUES scene is full of guitar players who represent the harder, more rocking side of the genre. But Louisiana-bred guitarist and frontman D.K. Harrell comes from a different school of blues, and he's quick to separate himself from the pack.

I'm trying to show people that it doesn’t have to be blues rock in order to be contemporary,” says Harrell, whose second album,