Elvin Bishop (born October 21, 1942) is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitar player. Bishop was born in Glendale, California. He grew up on a farm in Iowa with no electricity and no running water. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma when he was ten. He moved to Chicago in 1960 after he won a National Merit Scholarship to the University of Chicago. He met Paul Butterfield in the near-by neighborhood of Hyde Park in 1963 and joined his band. He remained with Butterfield for another nine years. The Butterfield Blues Band's third album, The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw is based on Bishop's nickname. He went solo in 1968 and formed the Elvin Bishop Group by the end of the year. Bishop would spend the next 35 years as a hard working performing act releasing several albums. His most memorable song was Fooled Around and Fell In Love from 1976. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Nickname: The Jewel City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of Chicago is a private university primarily located in the Hyde Park neigborhood of Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1890, doors opened in 1892. ... Paul Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues musician, and one of the most innovative harmonica players of the Chicago-originated electric blues style. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Bishop's daughter, Selina Bishop, was slain in 2001. According to the Point Reyes Light newspaper, "Bishop, her mother Jenny Villarin, and a friend of Villarin, James Gamble, were murdered as part of an elaborate scheme to extort $100,000 from elderly Concord residents Ivan and Annette Stineman."[1]

In 2005, Bishop released his first new CD in 5 years, "Gettin' My Groove Back."[2]