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Big Jack Johnson
Sign in to saveAmerican electric blues musician (1940–2011)
Film & TV
Lambert, Mississippi
Known for
- Deep Blues — Self1992
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Hawaii
- Active from
- 1975-05-18
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,553
- Total plays
- 67,887
Tags
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Big Jack Johnson (born July 30, 1940, Lambert, Mississippi) is a modern electric blues musician. He has recorded both solo and as a member of the blues groups the Jelly Roll Kings and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers. He performed and wrote "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with Samuel L. Jackson on the Black Snake Moan film soundtrack. Big Jack Johnson, born July 30, 1940 in Lambert MS is one of the most popular and influential of the contemporary Delta Blues musicians active today.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clarksdale
- Place of death
- Memphis
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Big Jack Johnson - Chicago Blues Festival 2009.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of death
- 2011-03-14
- date of birth
- 1940-07-30
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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