Big Jack Johnson (1940 – 2011) was an American electric #blues musician. One commentator noted that Johnson, along with R. L. Burnside, Paul "Wine" Jones, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes and James "Super Chikan" Johnson, were "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound." Johnson was born in Lambert, Mississippi in 1940. His father was a country and blues musician. Johnson started playing with him, but in his teens shifted to an electric guitar. He has recorded both solo and as a member of the blues groups the Jelly Roll Kings and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers (with poet/musician Dick Lourie). Johnson's album for Earwig, The Oil Man (1987), includes "Catfish Blues. Here he is playing his version of Catfish Blues live   41

Sid_Bonkers 7 Aug 2015

Its been said that Johnson, along with R. L. Burnside and a handful of others were "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound. Jack Johnson was born in 1940 in Mississippi and died at the age of 70 in 2011.   33

Sid_Bonkers 21 Jul 2014