Chico Banks

{{Short description|American guitarist and singer}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Chico Banks

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| birth_name = Vernon Banks

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|3|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|3|1962|3|7|mf=y}}

| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Chicago blues, electric blues

| occupation = Guitarist, singer

| years_active = Late 1970s–2007

| label = Evidence

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| website =

| image = ChicoBanks 2008-09-03 0738.jpg

| caption = Image of Chico Banks

}}

Chico Banks (March 7, 1962 – December 3, 2008){{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2008.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 2008 January to June |website=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com|access-date=January 26, 2014}} was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He released one album, in 1997 on Evidence Music, produced by Larry Hoffman. Banks was both a band leader and sideman, having played with Chicago's blues musicians from his late teens until his death at the age of 46. He is best known for his tracks "Your Fine" and "Candy Lickin' Man". He was the son of the guitarist Jessie Banks, who played backing for the Mighty Clouds of Joy.

One commentator noted that Banks "focuses on good-time, upbeat blues".{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p276238|pure_url=yes}}|title=Chico Banks |author=Richard Skelly |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 14, 2011}} He was an influence on the guitarist and singer Reggie Sears.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/reggie-sears-mn0001490135/related |title=Reggie Sears | Similar Artists, Influenced By, Followers |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 26, 2014}}