Comments on: Some Thoughts On Tommy Johnson

By: Big Road Blues Show 11/22/09: Goin' Up To The Country - Field Recordings The 1960's & 70's Pt. 1 | Big Road Blues

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:22:56 +0000

[...] program features a number of recordings made by David Evans. It was Evans’ investigation into Tommy Johnson in the late 1960’s that we owe a good deal of what we know about Johnson and it was through [...]

By: Roosevelt Holts: Presenting The Country Blues | Big Road Blues

Roosevelt Holts: Presenting The Country Blues | Big Road Blues — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:46:26 +0000

[...] responsible for just about all of Holts’ recordings. It was Evans’ investigation into Tommy Johnson in the late 1960’s that brought Holts to light. Evans uncovered and recorded a slew of still [...]

By: Big Road Blues Show 6/29/08: Mix Show » Big Road Blues

Big Road Blues Show 6/29/08: Mix Show » Big Road Blues — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:53:15 +0000

[...] at church services for their neighbors. The duo was a huge hit at the 1960 Newport Folk Festival. Roosevelt Holts was born in 1905 near Tylertown, Mississippi, and he took up the guitar when he was in his [...]

By: Big Road Blues Show 6/15/08: Mix Show » Big Road Blues

Big Road Blues Show 6/15/08: Mix Show » Big Road Blues — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:29:23 +0000

[...] of print. He died in 1993. We also play a cut by Boogie Bill Webb who was influenced first hand by Tommy Johnson. Moving from Mississippi, he settled in New Orleans in 1952, where longtime friend Dave Bartholomew [...]

By: Big Road Blues Show 11/25/07: Mix Show » Big Road Blues

Big Road Blues Show 11/25/07: Mix Show » Big Road Blues — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:40:48 +0000

[...] of country blues on deck for today’s mix show. I’ve been re-listening to Tommy Johnson quite a bit lately and thinking about his influence. For a musician who cut just a handful of sides [...]