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I. Guitar player in Nashville in the 60’s Johnny Jones of the Imperials. Influenced Hendrix.
II. Little Johnny Jones (November 1, 1924 – November 19, 1964) was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, best known for his work with Tampa Red, Muddy Waters and Elmore James.
Life and career
Jones was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1924. He arrived in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 in the company of Little Walter and “Baby Face” Leroy Foster, and soon replaced pianist Big Maceo Merriweather in Tampa Red’s band after Merriweather suffered a stroke which paralysed his right hand. He later backed Muddy Waters on harmonica, and recorded (on piano and vocals) with Waters for the Aristocrat label in 1949. From 1952 to 1956 he played and recorded with Elmore James, and in later years he worked with Howling Wolf, Billy Boy Arnold and Magic Sam, among others.
Like several other Chicago pianists of his era, his style was heavily influenced by Big Maceo Merriweather, from whom he had learned,[6] and for whom he played piano after Merriweather’s stroke. Jones’s 1949 side “Big Town Playboy” is regarded as a classic of the genre, and was covered by guitarist Eddie Taylor in 1955.
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Top 10 Johnny Jones Songs
Girlfriend Blues
Farm Boy
Can I Get An Amen
The Dirty Dozens
Come Together
Sloppy Drunk Blues
Early In the Morning
Chip Off the Old Block
I'll Be The Judge Of That
I Hear My Black Name Ringing
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Top 10 Johnny Jones Albums
Blues Is In The House
Johnny Jones with Billy Boy Arnold
Live in Europe
The Stimulus Package
Come Get It I Got It
Mowing Grass While Dressed Up In A Suit
Garden of Love
Live in Chicago with Billy Boy Arnold
Johnny Jones and Billy Boy Arnold
With Billy Boy Arnold
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