Leroy
Pierson
 For
the past twenty years, guitarist, record producer, and Blues historian
Leroy Pierson has been one of the St. Louis Blues scene's
most active and productive participants. Leroy's stlyes of music
cover a broad spectrum, from Reggae to Blues. Pierson learned
guitar firsthand from brilliant musicians of pre-war vintage such
as Mance Lipscomb,
Johhny
Shines, Robert
Wilkins, and Fred
McDowell. Pierson made long and frequent trips to rural Mississippi
to study with his mentors, and the esteem which they held for
him is evidenced by the fact that when Fred McDowell passed away,
he willed Leroy his treasured guitar. Today Pierson uses that
instrument on frequent appearences here in St. Louis and around
the world. |
