DISCOGRAPHY 1969-90 (14CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Tommy Johnson (Jan.1896 – Nov. 1, 1956) was an American Delta blues
musician who recorded in the late 1920s and was known for his eerie
falsetto voice and intricate guitar playing. He was unrelated to fellow
blues musician Robert Johnson.
Johnson was born near Terry, Mississippi, and moved around 1910 to Crystal Springs, where he lived for most of his life. He learned to play the guitar and, by 1914, was supplementing his income by playing at local parties with his brothers Major and LeDell.
In 1916 he married and moved to Webb Jennings' plantation near Drew, Mississippi, close to the Dockery Plantation. There he met other musicians, including Charlie Patton and Willie Brown.
By 1920 Johnson was an alcoholic and an itinerant musician, based in Crystal Springs but traveling widely around the South, sometimes accompanied by Papa Charlie McCoy. In 1928 he made his first recordings, with McCoy, for Victor Records, including "Canned Heat Blues", in which he sang of drinking methanol from the cooking fuel Sterno.
The song features the refrain "canned heat, mama, sure, Lord, killing me." The blues group Canned Heat took their name from this song. Johnson's "Big Road Blues" inspired Canned Heat's song "On the Road Again". A significantly different version of the song appears as "Canned Heat" on the album Big Road Blues by K.C.Douglas...... (Wikipedia)
TMJN-1969-The Famous Johnson-Bracey Session (LP) @FLAC
TMJN-1999-Tommy Johnson & Associates @FLAC
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LEGENDS OF COUNTRY BLUES
CTK-2000-The Legend Of Tommy Johnson Act.1 @FLAC
Johnson was born near Terry, Mississippi, and moved around 1910 to Crystal Springs, where he lived for most of his life. He learned to play the guitar and, by 1914, was supplementing his income by playing at local parties with his brothers Major and LeDell.
In 1916 he married and moved to Webb Jennings' plantation near Drew, Mississippi, close to the Dockery Plantation. There he met other musicians, including Charlie Patton and Willie Brown.
By 1920 Johnson was an alcoholic and an itinerant musician, based in Crystal Springs but traveling widely around the South, sometimes accompanied by Papa Charlie McCoy. In 1928 he made his first recordings, with McCoy, for Victor Records, including "Canned Heat Blues", in which he sang of drinking methanol from the cooking fuel Sterno.
The song features the refrain "canned heat, mama, sure, Lord, killing me." The blues group Canned Heat took their name from this song. Johnson's "Big Road Blues" inspired Canned Heat's song "On the Road Again". A significantly different version of the song appears as "Canned Heat" on the album Big Road Blues by K.C.Douglas...... (Wikipedia)
NEW!
1999-Tommy Johnson & Associates @FLAC
CHRIS THOMAS KING
2000-The Legend of Tommy Johnson Act.1 @FLAC
The Famous Tommy Johnson
Ishman Bracey Session
(LP)
Tommy Johnson & Associates
COLLECTION
ABC OF THE BLUES
Vol.20 - Blind Willie Johnson,
Tommy Johnson, Skip James
ABC Vol.20-B.W.Johnson T.Johnson S.James @FLAC
DOCUMENT RECORDS
Canned Heat (1928-29)
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DOCD5001-Tommy Johnson Canned Heat (1928-29) @ALAC
LEGENDS OF COUNTRY BLUES
CD D - Tommy Johnson
VA-Legends Of Country Blues @ALAC CDD
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO
Rough Guide to Delta Blues Vol.1 @FLAC
Rough Guide To Delta Blues Vol.2 @320
WOLF SERIES
Complete Recordings (1928-30)
WSE104-Tommy Johnson (1928-30) @320
COLLABORATION
CHRIS THOMAS KING
LEGENDS OF COUNTRY BLUES
Canned Heat Blues
Masters of the Delta Blues
VA-Canned Heat Blues Masters Of The Delta Blues @192
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Jackson Blues
(1928-38)
VA-Jackson Blues (1928-38) @FLAC
Masters of the Delta Blues
VA-Masters of the Delta Blues @FLAC
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made of
(2CD)
VA-The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of @FLAC CD1-2
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Thanks Chris for the Tommy Johnson shares great work
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