1996 BORN AND RAISED IN RURAL GEORGIA, JONTAVIOUS WILLIS EMBODIES THE PROTOTYPE OF THE CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY BLUESMAN. WITH ONLY THREE ALBUMS RELEASED, THE FIRST IN 2017, HE HAS LAID THE FOUNDATIONS ON WHICH THE ORIGINAL COUNTRY BLUES, PROPOSES ITSELF AS A LEGACY OF THE PAST THAT CAN BE BOLDLY REVITALIZED AND WITH AN EYE TO A FUTURE IN WHICH IT CAN BE TRADITIONAL WHILE ALSO BEING PERFECTLY MODERN. THE EPIC BLUESMAN TAJ MAHAL BROUGHT WILLIS OUT OF ANONYMITY JUST BY LISTENING TO HIM, PROPOSED TO HIM TO COME ON STAGE IN SOME OF HIS LIVE APPEARANCES AND PRODUCED TOGETHER WITH KEB' MO' HIS SOPHOMORE ALBUM "SPECTACULAR CLASS", NOMINATED IN THREE CATEGORIES AT THE 2020 BMA. "WEST GEORGIA BLUES" IS A MASTERPIECE OF CONTEMPORARY BLUES, WILLIS CELEBRATES A RITUAL FULL OF ENERGY AND MUSICAL EMPOWERMENT BUILT FROM A SHARED VISION FOR INNOVATION AND RESPECT, HIS GUITAR UPDATES DIFFERENT STYLES, FROM THE DELTA OR THE PIEDMONT BLUES - PLAYING THE STRINGS AS A FINGERPICKER OR SLIDE - GIVING THE SAME PROTAGONIST ROLE TO THE INSTRUMENT AS HIS GOSPEL ROOTED VOCALS, JONTAVIOUS HAS EMERGED IN RECENT YEARS AS AN INDISPENSABLE FIGURE FOR THE BLUES MUSIC OF THE FUTURE.