Studebaker John Grimaldi was born in an Italian-American section of Chicago and started playing harmonica at age seven. Under the spell of music he heard on Maxwell Street, Chicago’s famed blues melting pot, he formed Studebaker John & the Hawks and began in the performing in the 1970s. The band name referred to the Studebaker Hawk, a car Grimaldi still owns today, and was also intended as a tribute to his friend, J.B. Hutto and the Hawks. As a songwriter and musician, Studebaker John has emerged more than a revivalist—he's a major creative force in the world of the blues today. He draws on any number of blues styles, from the old-time Maxwell Street sound to the hard-rocking barroom blues of the 1960s and 1970s, making them all his own. He comes to Michigan with a new album, "Waiting on the Sun," that contains 80 minutes of all-original music.