John Koerner
Sign in to saveAlso known as "Spider" John Koerner
American singer-songwriter (1938–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- The Father Baker Code
- Four Guns
- Lackawanna
- Exploding the Truth
- Hunting the Nazarene
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1938-08-31
- Active to
- 2024-05-18
bluescontemporary folkcountry blues
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 668
- Total plays
- 3,109
Tags
country bluesbluesacoustic bluesUSAharmonica blues
See Spider John Koerner _____________________________________________________ Koerner was born August 31, 1938, in Rochester, N.Y. At the age of 15, he was one of the youngest to ever get a student glider pilot license. He enrolled in 1956 at the University of Minnesota as an engineering student, but in early 1958, he became a student of the burgeoning folk scene. With a borrowed guitar and a Burl Ives song book, he began a journey which helped shape the course of American country blues and fol
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rochester
- Place of death
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Educated at
- University of Minnesota
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- harmonica
- Record label
- Elektra
- Official website
- www.mwt.net/~koerner/index.html
- Image
- John Koerner.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-08-31
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-05-18
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- Commons category
- John Koerner
- name in native language
- John Koerner
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