Pierre Lacocque

Blues harmonica player. Moved to Chicago initially in 1969. Influenced to play blues harmonica after seeing a live concert by [a521877], also strongly influenced and mentored by Junior Wells. He entered the Chicago scene in the late 1980s when, among other bands, he performed with The Blue Knights led by Tré, Doug McDonald and the Blue Mirror Band and Lawrence "Lil' Sonny Wimberly and his band, The Blues Invaders. In late 1991, he and his brother, Michel Lacocque (as band manager) founded Mississippi Heat with three other musicians. It was originally a quartet composed of guitarist-singer Jon McDonald, bassist Bob Stroger, drummer-singer Robert Covington and Pierre Lacocque, harmonicist and bandleader. Lacocque has since been Mississippi Heat's leader, harmonica player, producer, and primary composer and songwriter for the group. BORN: October 13, 1952 in Jerusalem, Israel