Popa Chubby

Theodore Joseph “Ted” Horowitz was born in the Bronx in 1960. At 13, he began playing the drums, but influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Cream, he soon switched to the guitar. The young man played the blues and came to the public’s attention after winning a national blues talent search sponsored by a Long Beach, California, radio station. He won New Artist of the Year and somewhere along the way, Ted Horowitz became Popa Chubby.