Growing up in East Tennessee, Wallace Coleman was captivated by the sounds he heard late at night from Nashville’s WLAC….the Blues.  The sounds haunted him by day where, he says, “I would be sittin’ in class and hear the Howlin’ Wolf singin’ just as clear in my head…” It was on WLAC that Coleman first heard those who would become Blues Legends and his greatest musical influences: Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters.  Coleman left Tennessee in 1956 to find work in Cleveland.  A self-taught musician, Coleman began playing professionally with Cleveland’s Guitar Slim at the Cascade Lounge.  There Coleman caught the ear of audience member Robert Jr. Lockwood and joined his band in 1987.  Still based in Cleveland, Wallace has been leading his own band since 1997.