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Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson was born around 1896 in Terry, Mississippi, though much about his early life remains unclear. He recorded a handful of songs in the late 1920s,...
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Alcohol And Jake Blues
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Bye Bye Blues
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Lonesome Home Blues
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Magge Campbell Blues
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big fat mama blues
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big road blues
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cannet heat
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cool drink of water blues
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Tommy Johnson was born around 1896 in Terry, Mississippi, though much about his early life remains unclear. He recorded a handful of songs in the late 1920s, including 'Alcohol And Jake Blues' and 'Big Road Blues,' that have outlasted most details about the man himself.
His style blended hypnotic slide guitar with a high, ethereal falsetto voice. The songs feel haunted, whether he's singing about the heat in 'Canned Heat Blues' or the troubles in 'Big Fat Mama Blues.'
Johnson died in 1956. The circumstances were murky then and haven't gotten clearer since. What's left are those recordings from 1928 and 1929, which continue to draw listeners into their particular, unsettled world.
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