By any measurement, it has been a hectic few years for GA-20. Since the two guitar/drum (bass-free) trio burst out of Boston’s blues scene with 2019s frills-free debut, the band has gone through a major reconstruction.
First drummers changed, but co-founding guitarist/singer/songwriter Pat Faherty leaving to form Canyon Lights was a major shakeup. That left lone initial member Matthew Stubbs to recruit singer/guitarist Cody Nilsen, maintaining the group’s name and mission; specifically, creating unvarnished blues heavily influenced by Hound Dog Taylor, Otis Rush, Junior Wells, Howlin’ Wolf and other legends of the genre whose sound was and remains raw and real. All this upheaval within five years would sink many other bands.

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