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Brant Buckley is a Berklee College of Music graduate with a Bachelor of Music in Songwriting. Born outside of Chicago (Hinsdale), he lived in Costa Rica and spent most of his life in Philadelphia. East Coast Folk Music and the coffeehouse scene inspired his early sound: James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Kenn Kweder, and Nick Drake. In 2012, Buckley released his first album, My Life, which was featured in The Times of India (India’s CNN.) In 2015, he released Chicago Summer, a 3 song E.P. His song Shine has over 55,000 YouTube plays. On April 1st, 2021, he released his single Don’t Shoot Your Blues Away getting radio airplay on Uncle Buc Plays The Blues Show. On May 11th 2021, he released his second full length album: Times Strange. His song Nerve Damage Blues was featured on The Monster Blues Show and Mystical Muddy Man on Visual FM Serious Radio. In November 2022, Brant released Flowers For Chicago Blues: A Grave Tour, honoring twenty-one of the greatest Blues artists buried in the Chicagoland area.

In 2013, Brant met Bluesman Jesse Graves. Graves was Philadelphia’s premier Bluesman during the 1970’s and played with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Hound Dog Taylor, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, and Tom Waits. Jesse learned from Reverend Gary Davis and passed on Blues and Native American Spirituality to Brant. In 2014, inspired by Jesse, Brant moved to Chicago to learn more about the Blues. Working as a tennis pro, Brant experienced The Blues for himself after having a career ending tennis injury. The pain taught him what Blues are all about. Buckley’s Chicago Blues inspired sound pulls heavily from his Folk and Spiritual background, Berklee Songwriting Degree, and The Big 4: Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf, and Big Bill Broonzy. He is all about the power of song. In addition, Brant is a certified USPTA tennis professional and has been practicing meditation (Kriya Yoga) and energetic healing for over 11 years. As a contributing author for The American Blues Scene, Brant has over 100 published interviews/reviews. He’s interviewed George Thorogood, Grammy winner Dom Flemons, Otis Taylor, Bobby Rush, John Hammond, John Primer, Dick Waterman, and Walter Trout.

FLOWERS FOR CHICAGO BLUES: A GRAVE TOUR

This is a grave tour honoring twenty-one of the greatest Chicago Blues artists of all time. You will travel through eleven cemeteries and most of the cemeteries are located southwest of Chicago. Each set of carnations and rose flowers placed upon the graves are color coordinated. My goal with this website is to show you that these artists shaped and molded American Popular Music as we know it today.

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After a career ending on court tennis injury in his foot while teaching, Brant Buckley found strength in writing a song about it called Nerve Damage Blues. Working as a tennis pro, Brant experienced the blues for himself after having a career ending tennis injury. The pain taught him what blues are all about.

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Buckley’s single “Don’t Shoot Your Blues Away” was released on April 1st and has been getting radio airplay on the Uncle Buc Plays the Blues radio show. In May 2021, he plans on releasing his second full length album, Times Strange. Premiering today is the video for “Don’t Shoot Your Blues Away."

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