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Homesick James
Sign in to saveAmerican blues musician (1910-2006)
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Vinony's link graph records 79 inbound references to Homesick James, and connects out to Chicago, International Standard Book Number and blues.
It sits within the topics 1910 births, 2006 deaths and 20th-century American guitarists.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1910
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Chicago blues
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910
- Active to
- 2006
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15,175
- Total plays
- 70,079
Tags
Homesick James (30 April 1910 - 13 December 2006) was an American blues musician. He is believed to have been born John William Henderson, but later used the name James A. Williamson and was sometimes referred to as Homesick James Williamson. He was born in Somerville, Tennessee, the son of Cordellia Henderson and Plez Williamson Rivers, who were both musicians. He developed a self-taught style of slide guitar through playing at local dances in his teens. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Home
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Somerville
- Place of death
- Springfield
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Vanguard Records
- Image
- Homesick James.jpg
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- date of death
- 2006-12-13
- date of birth
- 1910-04-03
- Commons category
- Homesick James
Sources (3)
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Available in 7 languages
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