Jeff Pitchell

Performances Pitchell in 2014 performed Southbound with the Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. This performance was recorded and released on Peach Records/Munck Music in March 2014. He has also performed and/or recorded with Phil Lesh, Rick Derringer, Bo Diddley, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Ted Nugent, Clarence Clemons, Dave Mason, James Cotton, Fabulous Thunderbirds, NRBQ, John Mayall, Jimmie Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Peter Tork, Dickey Betts, and The Commitments. Pitchell has appeared on national TV and radio, including for the World Champion Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, and for Don Imus on his radio and TV show on MSNBC.

Associations Pitchell has collaborated with many internationally recognized performers; Michael Allman (Gregg Allman’s son), Claudette King (B.B. King's daughter), Sheila Raye (Ray Charles daughter, James Montgomery, J. Geils, Charles Neville, and Carla Cooke (Sam Cooke's daughter).

Awards and recognition He was inducted into Connecticut Blues Hall of Fame in 2018. Heavy Hitter was listed on the national Billboard Top Blues Album Chart at No. 7, where the majority of the songs on the album were written by Pitchell. He won the "Best Guitarist" in the State of Connecticut at age 15. He has won numerous awards since, including two songwriting awards from the Great American Songwriting Contest. The International Songwriting Contest (ISC) judge and blues musician, John Mayall, subsequently recorded Pitchell's song "An Eye for an Eye" on one of his albums, Tough. Pitchell and his band, Texas Flood, won the Best Blues Act in New England in a six-state vote.

Discography Fat Cigars (1997, Premier) One Day Away (1999, Premier) Face To Face (2001, Premier) Heavy Hitter (2002, Pyramid/EMI) One for the Fans (2006, Premier) Rockin' Songs for Kids (2010, Premier) American Girl (2010, Vizztone) Allman Brothers Band (Peach/Munck Music) Playin' With My Friends (2023, Deguello)