Hailing from Chicago's Northwest side, Specter began to learn to play the guitar at the age of 18.
Freund ultimately organised a concert tour for Specter alongside Sam Lay and Hubert Sumlin.
nightclub secured gigs as a sideman to Johnny Littlejohn, Son Seals, and the Legendary Blues Band.
[1] By 1998 Specter had released five albums on the Delmark label, combining a mixture of blues (Specter listed his influences as T-Bone Walker, Pee Wee Crayton, Magic Sam, and Otis Rush) and jazz (Kenny Burrell is another inspiration).
[1] Jazz influences prevailed as time passed, and Specter invited Brother Jack McDuff to play the Hammond organ on the next album, Left Turn On Blue (1996).