Bishop Mayfield

About Bishop Mayfield

Bishop Mayfield was born in (expired link) and has been singing since the age of 5. He has been a fixture up and down California & Canada since 1966. Bishop is currently appearing with noted guitarist & songwriter Dave Storie in the powerfully dynamic “Bishop Mayfield – Dave Storie Band” (R&B, Funk, Blues, Jazz, Rock, & Fusion) based in Southern Oregon. Bishop is currently in studio recording with platinum record producer Sylvia Massey (Tool, Tom Petty, Aerosmith, The Black Crows) at Radio Star Studios. He has toured with, jammed with, or open for such greats as Albert Collins, (expired link). King, Al Wilson, Martha Reeves & The Vandella's, Tower Of Power, Jr. Walker & The All-Stars, Charlie Musslewhite, Ike & Tina Turner, Milo. Sugar Pie Desantos, John Lee Hooker, Willie Littlefield, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Jose Feliciano, James Brown, Robert Cray, Graham Central Station, Bo Diddley, Earl Thomas, Etta James. Barbara Morrison, Crackin', Neal Schon, Sonny Terry & Brownie Magee, The Neville Brothers, Tom Lawson, Jamey De Maria, Joe Vallaire, Billy Vallaire, Tamas Marius, Lee Durley & Illuminati, Steel Pulse, Pato Banton, Burning Spear, Esther Phillips, It's A Beautiful Day, The Rouge Valley Gospel Group, & many, many more. He has performed at many noteworthy venues over the years in California and around the country. A few venues of note are Monterey Live, The Mission Ranch, the Keystone Corners in Palo Alto, Berkley, & San Francisco, Biscuit & Blues in (expired link)., The Circle Star Theatre in San Carlos, Whiskey Hill in Burlingame and JJ's Blues club in San Jose to name just a few in the bay area. He also worked and lived in Eureka ca. for over 30 years and performed at such places as The Oldtown Bar & Grill, Youngberg’s, The Jambalaya, The Vance Log Cabin, The Alley Cat, Stephen’s of Eureka as well as The Mateel Community Center in Redway Ca. He has performed in numerous Church's and is just as comfortable singing Gospel as he is singing Funk, Jazz, or Blues. He has played the Monterey Bay Blues Festival for the last 6yrs. Check out this website for this year’s review. (expired link)