Big Jack Johnson
USA
Born: 30 July 1940
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Blues
Styles: Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Modern Electric Blues, Texas Blues, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Juke Joint Blues, Electric Delta Blues, Pre-War Country Blues
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Contemporary Mississippi blues doesn't get any nastier than in Big Jack Johnson's capable hands. The ex-oil truck driver's axe cuts like a rusty machete, his rough-hewn vocals a siren call to Delta passion. But he's a surprisingly versatile songwriter; Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home?, his ambitious 1990 set for Earwig, found him tackling issues as varied as AIDS, wife abuse, and Chinese blues musicians in front of slick, horn-leavened arrangements! Big Jack Johnson was a chip off the old block musically. His dad was a local musician playing bo...
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- Muddy Waters (235)
- B.B. King (111)
- Hank Snow (4)
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- Gene Autry (0)
- Jimmie Rodgers (0)
Followers
- Corey Harris (1)
Performed Songs By
- Jack Johnson (37)
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