Lightnin' Wells produced the first commercial recordings of the N.C. blues veterans Big Boy Henry, Algia Mae Hinton and George Higgs. He has traveled and performed extensively with these musicians and has documented their backgrounds and musical histories for future generations. He is also a life-long student and devotee of the pioneering performers in the piedmont blues tradition which once thrived in the Carolinas, including such artists as Blind Boy Fuller, Rev.
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Lightnin' Wells has had 6 concerts.
Lightnin' Wells is most often considered to be Folk, Blues, Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Texas Blues, Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues, Slide Guitar, and Steel Guitar.
The last Lightnin' Wells concert was on April 30, 2023 at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States. The bands that performed were: "MerleFest" / Tanya Tucker / Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band / Jim Lauderdale / Scythian / Donna the Buffalo / Andy Cohen / Andy May / Anna Lynch / Carol Rifkin / Charles Welch / Compton & Newberry / Flattop / I Draw Slow / Jeff Little Trio / Laura Boosinger / Lightnin' Wells / Local Boys / Pete & Joan Wernick / Roy Book Binder / todd albright / Wayne Henderson.
