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  • American blues guitarists
  • African-American musicians
  • 1956 deaths
  • Blues Hall of Fame inductees
  • 1896 births
  • 20th-century American musicians
  • American blues musicians
  • Blues musicians from Mississippi
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  • Paramount Records artists
  • People from Hinds County, Mississippi
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  • Born: 1886 in Terry, Mississippi (USA). Died: Nov 1, 1956 in Crystal Springs , Mississippi (USA). Style: Delta Blues Johnson was a hell-raiser who could belt out the blues with a wide vocal range, from a low throaty snarl to a high falsetto. He had a dramatic flair in performance similar to his contemporary, Delta blues king Charley Patton, and in the early, pre-Robert Johnson days his influence on the genre was second only to that of Patton and Son House. He was not a virtuoso on the guitar, but had an original, evocative style, well-matched to his theatrical delivery. Johnson significantly influenced blues greats Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk and especially Howlin' Wolf, who would carry on and even outdo the Patton/Johnson tradition of incendiary, down-and-dirty showmanship. Johnson was also the quintessential blues bad boy, with a penchant for rampant womanizing and for alcohol, the latter of which led him to drastic extremes. He was known to down denatured alcohol, used for artificial heat, when the real thing wasn't available, a habit he documented in his original song %22Canned Heat,%22 from which the 1960s blues-rock group took its name. A heart attack brought his life to a close.Johnson only recorded for two years, from 1928 to 1930. Although, he only left behind a small collection of recordings, they were outstanding, almost all of which to became classics.Essential listening: %22Maggie Campbell,%22 %22Big Road Blues,%22 %22Cool Drink of Water,%22 %22Canned Heat%22
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  • Tommy Johnson (1896 – November 1, 1956) was an influential American delta blues musician, who recorded in the late 1920s, and was known for his eerie falsetto voice and intricate guitar playing.
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