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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Clarksdale
- Place of death
- Tunica
- Occupation
- vocalist
- Genre
- country blues
- 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
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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