Shawn James Pittman (born October 13, 1974) is an American blues rock singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer.
[1] In his career, he has worked with musicians from Double Trouble, plus James Cotton, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Hubert Sumlin, Kim Wilson, Lou Ann Barton, Gary Clark Jr., and Susan Tedeschi.
[4] His earliest remembrances of music was a combination of hearing his grandmother playing boogie-woogie piano and his father's collection of Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry recordings.
Schooners, a club in Dallas, became a favored venue and Pittman introduced himself to regular musicians including Sam Myers, Brian "Hash Brown" Calway, Pat Boyack, Anson Funderburgh, Mike Morgan, Tutu Jones, and Andrew "Jr.
[4][5] As Pittman grew more confident of his guitar playing, he initially worked alongside musicians such as Cricket Taylor, Cold Blue Steel, Lou Hampton, the Bramhall Brothers, and Mike Morgan.
The same year Pittman opened several concerts for Susan Tedeschi, before playing rhythm guitar in her backing band for a short spell.
Two bass players, Tommy Shannon and Preston Hubbard, plus the Moeller brothers Jay and Johnny played on the self-released, Full Circle (2001), which was also produced by Jim Gaines.
[3] This flurry of activity saw several albums released in quick succession, leading to a new recording contract with Delta Groove Productions.
Apart from Jonathan Doyle playing the saxophone parts, Pittman recorded his own efforts on vocals, guitar, piano, bass and drums, and was the sound engineer and co-record producer.
[6] Pittman performed at the Copenhagen Blues Festival in October 2019;[11] the latest in a total of over 30 visits to Europe to play over the years.