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Willie Johnson
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Master's Purpose
- Be Amazing
- 100 Questons for the Black Woman, Man and Child
- Paradise in the Hood
- It's Never Too Late
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1923
- Active to
- 1995
27 clubacoustic bluesamericanbluescountry bluesdelta blues
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,376
- Total plays
- 16,357
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"Blind" Willie Johnson (January 22, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American singer and guitarist, whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of all of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions. His music is distinguished by his powerful bass thumb-picking and gravelly false-bass voice, with occasional use of a tenor voice. Life Blind Willie Johnson, according to his death certificate <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Senatobia
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- electric blues
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Sun Records
- Image
- Willie-Johnson-by-James-Fraher-Chicago-1984-square.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1923-03-04
- date of death
- 1995-02-26
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
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