Omar Kent Dykes

Omar Kent Dykes (born Darryl Kent Dykes, 1950) is an American blues guitarist songwriter, and singer, living in Austin, Texas. His parents, Henry and Chrystine Dykes, supported him in his career from the time Omar was a young boy. He began leading bands as an adolescent in his birthplace of McComb, Mississippi. 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