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Had i been my usual crass self, we might have found john before we did. These prices include tax where applicable, packaging and worldwide shipping. Click here to see a list of other recordings on which lloyd has appeared. Tennessee country blues king who popularized drop down mama and milk cow blues. Sleepy john estes broke and hungry 1992, vinyl discogs. Theyre always hoping that a label will unearth a rare john lee hooker or lightnin hopkins recording that, for whatever reason, has remained in the can for 30 or 40 years. A full biography of sleepy john estes cannot be presented here but his own lyric i was born in lowry countyschooled in winfield lane tells part of the story. Skip james discography sleepy john estes discography yank rachell discography robert pete williams discography jesse fuller discography. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Skip james discography sleepy john estes discography. Sleepy john estes broke and hungry releases discogs.
We must thanks the opportunity that bob koester gave to bluesfans to hear and know. Sleepy john estes lyrics, songs, and albums genius. Get all the lyrics to songs by sleepy john estes and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Bob dylan mentioned estes in the sleeve notes for his album bringing it all back home. Find sleepy john estes discography, albums and singles on allmusic. He also played with many white musicians his own age, like barry goldberg, charlie mussel. Sleepy john estes vocalist discography of american. Players from sleepy johns generation account for the style represented here. He appeared in a couple of documentary films, and cut the legend of sleepy john estes album with his old friend hammie on harp, for the delmark label.
In fact, one day i almost called the brother sleepy john but decided that would be unkind. To a country blues purist, asking sleepy john estes to record an album of electric chicago blues is an act of blasphemy. Estes was born in ripley, lauderdale county, tennessee, either in 1899 the date on his gravestone or 1900 the date on his world war i draft card. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Complete song listing of sleepy john estes on sleepy john estes songs list covid19. The first section of this page lists lloyd jones discography as a headliner, from newest to oldest releases.
Louis after getting into trouble and changed his name to robert lee mccoy his mothers maiden name. Dec 16, 2011 sleepy john estes guitar, vocals hammie nixon harmonica blues harp sleepy john got his nickname from a condition called narcolepsy or possibly a blood pressure disorder. His guitar work was never more than rudimentary, but his clear piercing voice conveyed his authentic and personal country blues to a new generation of fans and performers, and his songs live on in the work of many modern bands. Blues sleepy john estes 15 albums 19292008 with hammie nixon, john henry barbee, mp3, cbr 128320, vbr v2. John adam estes known as sleepy john estes, was an american blues guitarist, songwriter. Recorded in chicago on july 17,1935, this has been transferred from a uk reedition made in 1944 on brunswick 03562. Expressman blues, recorded in memphis, tn, on may 17, 1930 with sleepy john estes on guitar, yank rachell on vocal and mandolin and jab jones on piano. Taj mahal vocals, guitar, banjo, bill rich electric bass and kester smith drums join together in culture and sound with the first and foremost taarab orchestra of zanzibar the culture musical club of zanzibar. Sleepy john estes was one of the greatest blues poets. Sleepy john estes newport blues vintage guitar magazine. At an early age john lost the sight of his right eye when a friend threw a rock at him during a baseball game.
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Music profile for sleepy john estes, born 25 january 1899. Blues chicago blues robert nighthawk prowling with. Nicknamed sleepy john estes, supposedly because of his ability to sleep standing up, he teamed with mandolinist yank rachell and harmonica player hammie nixon to play the house party circuit in and around brownsville in the early 20s. Now, got offices in town, resident out on century road he got a nice little lake right inside the grove boys you know i like mist clark, yes, he really is my friend. This album shows estes way to play and sing with intensity heart feelings,his great songs with soulful lyrics almost all of them of his own composition. Estes milk cow blues has also been released as sloppy drunk blues and covered under the title of leaving trunk, e. In spite of this fact theyve left a great treasure of good moments and sleepy john estes was one of them. I should mention that blues writer and producer george mitchell of atlanta, ga, who later worked at the jazz record mart, apparently met sleepy john before i did. John adam estes born in ripley, lauderdale county, tennessee, january 25, 1899 brownsville, haywood county, tennessee, june 5, 1977 best known as sleepy john estes or sleepy john, was a blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. Overview v biography v discography v songs v credits v related v. Sleepy john estes was an important and influential rediscovery of the folkblues revival of the early 60s.
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