Tomcat Courtney Photos

San Diego-based blues guitarist/vocalist Tomcat Courtney was born in Waco, Texas in 1929, where he grew up on the music of Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker, both whom he knew personally. Tomcat is a stunning vocalist and guitarist with a beautiful down-home approach to the blues. He relocated to California in the 1960s, first moving to Los Angeles; and then, in the early 1970s, to San Diego, where he has lived since. He has become a prominent elder statesman of the San Diego blues community. Bob and Tomcat were introduced in 2007 by Chris James, who had played with Tomcat since the early 1980s (Chris joined Tomcat's band at age 13). Bob Corritore has produced a beautiful Tomcat Courtney CD that will be released in early 2008. Please enjoy this collection of photos of the great Tomcat Courtney.

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Tomcat Courtney promotional photo

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat in the late 1940s, Waco, Texas

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat, 1972

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat Courtney

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat show poster

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat and Chris James, mid-1980s

At the New Dolphin in southeast San Diego

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat Courtney

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat Courtney

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat Courtney

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Tomcat Courtney at the Rhythm Room

Photo by Bob Corritore

 

Honeyboy Edwards and Tomcat Courtney at the Rhythm Room

Photo by Bob Corritore

 

Bob Corritore and Tomcat Courtney at the Rhythm Room, March 23, 2007

This was the first concert Bob and Tomcat played together

Photo by Kim Danielson

 

Tomcat Courtney in session at Tempest Recording, Tempe, Arizona

Photo by Bob Corritore

 

Tomcat Courtney in session at Tempest Recording, Tempe, Arizona

Photo by Bob Corritore

 

 

Tomcat Courtney

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L-R: unidentified, Tomcat Courtney, and Chris James, 1986

Photo courtesy Chris James

 

L-R: Chris James (Age 14), Tomcat Courtney, unidentified, 1981

Photo courtesy Chris James

 

Tomcat Courtney

Photo Courtesy Chris James

 

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