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Willie Brown

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Also known as Willie Lee Brown

guitar player and vocalist (1900–1952)

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Vinony's link graph records 49 inbound references to Willie Brown, and connects out to Robert Johnson, guitar and International Standard Book Number.

It sits within the topics 1900 births, 1952 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.

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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

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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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date of birth
1900-08-06
date of death
1952-12-30
name in native language
Willie Lee Brown
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