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Willie Brown

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Also known as Willie Lee Brown

guitar player and vocalist (1900–1952)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
18,933
Total plays
59,149

Tags

bluesdelta bluesacousticfolkamerican

there's more than one Willie Brown: (August 6, 1900 - December 30, 1952) was an American Delta Blues guitarist and singer. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he played with such notables as Charley Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson. He was not known to be a self-promoting frontman, preferring to "second" (accompany) other musicians. Little is known of the man whom Robert Johnson called "my friend boy Willie Brown" (in his prophetic "Cross Road Blues") and who Johnson indicated should be noti

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Brown
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Clarksdale
Place of death
Tunica
Occupation
vocalist
Instrument
voice
Record label
Paramount
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date of birth
1900-08-06
date of death
1952-12-30
name in native language
Willie Lee Brown
manner of death
natural causes
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