Tommy Johnson

Delta blues guitarist and singer, known for his distinctive falsetto singing. Born: January 1896 on George Miller's Plantation near Terry, Hinds County, Mississippi Died: November 1, 1956 in Crystal Springs, Copiah County, Mississippi Johnson was a hell-raiser who could belt out the blues with a wide vocal range, from a low throaty snarl to a high falsetto. He had a dramatic flair in performance similar to his contemporary, Delta blues king Charley Patton, and in the early, pre-Robert Johnson days his influence on the genre was second only to that of Patton and Son House. He was not a virtuoso on the guitar, but had an original, evocative style, well-matched to his theatrical delivery. Johnson significantly influenced blues greats Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk and especially Howlin' Wolf, who would carry on and even outdo the Patton/Johnson tradition of incendiary, down-and-dirty showmanship. Johnson was also the quintessential blues bad boy, with a penchant for rampant womanizing and for alcohol, the latter of which led him to drastic extremes. He was known to down denatured alcohol, used for artificial heat, when the real thing wasn't available, a habit he documented in his ori Also known as: Johnson, T. Johnson, Thomas A. Johnson, Thomas Johnson From Discogs (free to use). Their entry