Al Basile grew up in a park in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He
graduated from Phillips Academy in 1966, and in 1970 he was the first
to receive a Master’s Degree from the Brown University Writing Program.
He began his musical career as a cornet player with
Roomful of Blues in 1973, and has worked with the
Duke Robillard Band as
a songwriter and recording member since 1990, appearing on twelve CDs
and a DVD; his songs have been used in films and television and covered
by such artists as Ruth Brown. He has nine solo blues and roots CDs out
under his own name, the last four having reached the top 15 on the
Living Blues airplay charts in their year of release. They have all been
produced by Robillard and feature his guitar playing and many former
Roomful members: guest artists have included the Blind Boys of Alabama
and jazz great Scott Hamilton. He has been nominated twice, in 2010 and
2012, for a Blues Music Award as best horn player. While hundreds of his
songs have been published since the Sixties, his poetry and fiction has
begun to be published in recent years. He taught full time at the
Providence Country Day School in East Providence, RI from 1980-2005 and
since then has concentrated on his writing, performing, and recording.
1999 - Down On Providence Plantation
2001 - Shaking The Soul Tree
2003 - Red Breath
2004 - Blue Ink
2006 - Groovin' In The Mood Room
2008 - The Tinge
2009 - Soul Blue 7
2010 - The Goods
2012 - At Home Next Door (2 CD)
2014 - Woke Up In Memphis
2015 - B's Expression
2016 - Mid-Century Modern
2017 - Quiet Money
2018 - Me & The Originator
2019 - B's Hot House
2020 - Last Hand
2021 - B's Testimony
