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| JOHNNY NICHOLAS AND HELL BENT \n Johnny discovered the blues at an early age\, grooving to the great R&\;B that was blasting from the airwaves in the late 50&rsquo\;s and early 60&rsquo\;s&mdash\;Jimmy Reed\, Lightnin Slim\, Slim Harpo\, Lloyd Price\, Larry Williams\, Little Walter\, Ray Charles and The Howling Wolf were all Big Blips on this impressionable young man&rsquo\;s radar screen. Like fellow Greek-American Johnny Otis had a generation earlier\, this Johnny easily made the leap into the soulful world of the Blues\, a music very similar in feeling and expression to the Rembetika music he heard as a child in the Greek community. \n The common thread between all these influences is that of a true storyteller and troubadour\, a living connection to the roots of American music that started in the Mississippi Delta and continues to flow down the river of traditional and contemporary sounds that emanate from Johnny Nicholas. | \n