GA-20

GA-20 are a three-piece blues combo whose sound is a raucous throwback to the raw immediacy of vintage Chicago blues. Founded by guitarist Matthew Stubbs, their performances are simple but potent, stripping the songs to their frameworks with just two guitars and a drummer. Founded in 2017, the band made a muscular debut with 2019's Lonely Soul, which captured their power and passion in a straightforward, no-frills style. In 2021 they issued Try It... You Might Like It! GA-20 Does Hound Dog Taylor, while 2022 saw the release of Crackdown, a set dominated by originals that had been in the works before their second LP came out. 2025's Orphans EP, delivered an eight-track set of covers by Big Walter Horton, Billy Boy Arnold, Ike Turner, and James Brown among others. The band followed a year later with the full-length Blues Now in collaboration with Charlie Musslewhite.