Nat Riddles

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Nathan Riddles (February 4, 1952 – August 11, 1991)^[1][2] was an American blues harmonica player based in New York City.

Riddles played as an accompanist with Larry Johnson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bill Dicey.^[2][3] He appears on several albums with Johnson, and released a solo album on Spivey Records entitled The Artistry of Nat Riddles. Riddles also gave lessons to fellow New York harmonica player Adam Gussow of Satan and Adam.^[3][4]

Riddles died on August 11, 1991 in Richmond, Virginia, aged 39.^[1][2]

In 2007, the Modern Blues Harmonica label issued a compilation album of Riddles, entitled El Cafe Street Live!^[1][5]

• Gussow, Adam - Mister Satan's Apprentice: A Blues Memoir (Pantheon Books, 1998). ISBN 9780679450221

• Nat Riddles discography