Birdlegg Pittman Joins The Bling Sisters LIVE!

Birdlegg Pittman Joins The Bling Sisters LIVE!Eugene P. Pittman, better known as Gene "Birdlegg" Pittman, is an American blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter. He was inspired by the harmonica playing and styling of Sonny Boy Williamson II and Sonny Terry, and started playing the harmonica in 1974, turning fully professional three years later. While practically every other blues harmonica player of his generation fell under the spell of Little Walter, Gene “Birdlegg” Pittman is, and always was, different. Birdlegg was influenced by two of the greatest early postwar and country blues harmonica players, Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) and Sonny Terry. He started his career in the Bay Area blues scene in 1970, sitting in at every jam session he could find and honing his chops at such notorious local blues joints as the Eli Mile High Club, the Shalimar Club and the Fifth Amendment. A natural performer with boundless energy and enthusiasm, Birdlegg quickly befriended and began performing with some of the best bluesmen in the area like Sonny Rhodes, Massala Talbert, Haskell “Cool Papa” Sadler and Mississippi Johnny Waters -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Watch Elvin Bishop joins The Bling Sisters LIVE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJintE3LCDA -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

Added 29 Mar 2026