page_title: Omar Kent Dykes
hierarchical_section_title: Omar Kent Dykes
caption_attribution_description: English: Omar and the Howlers playing at the Saxon, Austin TX
context_page_description: Omar Kent Dykes is an American blues guitarist and singer, living in Austin, Texas. In 1973 he formed the band, Omar & the Howlers. The band plays electric Texas blues, rock and roll and blues-rock. Dykes has also had a successful career as a solo artist, and regularly toured European countries.
  Among his solo albums are Blues Bag from 1991, and Muddy Springs Road from 1994.
context_section_description: Omar Kent Dykes (born Kent Dykes, 1950, McComb, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues guitarist and singer, living in Austin, Texas.  In 1973 he formed the band, Omar & the Howlers.  The band plays electric Texas blues, rock and roll and blues-rock. Dykes has also had a successful career as a solo artist, and regularly toured European countries.
  Among his solo albums are Blues Bag from 1991, and Muddy Springs Road from 1994.
caption: Omar and the Howlers playing at the Saxon in Austin, Texas
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