Rick Estrin

Harmonica player and vocalist Rick Estrin is a preservationist of the dynamic sound of post-war electric blues who made his bones playing harmonica in Little Charlie & The Nightcats, the Bay Area band he formed with his friend Little Charlie Baty in 1976. Over the next four decades, Little Charlie & The Nightcats carved out a niche as one of the liveliest bands on the modern blues circuit. Once Baty retired in 2008, Estrin carried on as the leader of the band, leading them through a series of albums for Alligator that spanned 2009's Twisted to 2024's The Hits Keep Coming. Ri...