Genres: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Delta Blues, Prewar Blues Active: 30's Born: 1969 in Terry, MS
Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Floyd Jones, Charley Lincoln, Ishman Bracey, Blind Roosevelt Graves, Blind Blake, Clifford Hayes, Lucille Bogan, Henry Thomas, Mississippi Sheiks, Tommy McClennan, Sara Martin, Papa Charlie Jackson, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Son Bonds, Otto Virgil, Bertha Lee Rory Block, Floyd Jones, Robert Nighthawk, Johnnie "Geechie" Temple, Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb, Roosevelt Holts, Ishman Bracey, Howlin' Wolf, K.C. Douglas, Willie Lofton, Muddy Waters, Houston Stackhouse, Chris Thomas King, Jim Mathus, Honeyboy Edwards |  |
Next to Son House and Charley Patton, no one was more important to the development of pre-Robert Johnson Delta blues than Tommy Johnson. Armed with a powerful voice that could go from a growl to an eerie falsetto range and a guitar style that had all of the early figures and licks of the Delta style clearly delineated, Johnson only recorded for two years -- from 1928 to 1930 -- but left behind a body of work that's hard to ignore.
The legend of Tommy Johnson is even harder to ignore. The stories about his live performances -- where he would play the guitar behind his neck in emulation of Charley Patton's showboating while hollering the blues at full throated level for hours without a break -- are part of it.
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Release: April 11, 2006
Label: JSP
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Release: February 17, 2003
Label: P-Vine Japan, ZYX
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