Big Jack Johnson obituary

One of the last of the rural deep south juke-joint bluesmenDuring the 1970s and early 80s, anyone in search of authentic juke-joint blues – the old, and disappearing, black music of the rural and small-town American south – was advised to go to Mississippi and look for a trio called either the Nighthawks or the Jelly Roll Kings. Big Jack Johnson, who has died aged 70 after a lengthy period of ill health, was this group's lead guitarist and second vocalist, and its last survivor, the leader F...

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