Elvin Bishop

Elvin Richard Bishop is an American blues and rock musician as singer and guitarist, a bandleader and recording artist. He was an original member of the historic Paul Butterfield Blues Band and as such, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.

Bishop was born in Glendale, California, the son of Mylda and Elvin Bishop, Sr. He grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when Bishop was ten. There he attended Will Rogers High School, winning a full scholarship to the University of Chicago as a National Merit Scholar finalist. He moved to Chicago in 1960 to attend the university, where he majored in physics. In 1963, he met harmonica player Paul Butterfield in the neighborhood of Hyde Park and joined Butterfields blues band, and remained with them for five years. Their third album, The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw, takes its name from Bishops nickname. During his time with the Butterfield Blues Band, Bishop met blues guitarist Louis Meyers at a show. Bishop convinced Meyers to trade his Gibson ES345 for Bishops Telecaster. Bishop liked the Gibson so much he never gave it back and has used it throughout his career. Bishop has nicknamed his Gibson ES345 Red Dog, a name he got from a roadie for th

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