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Tommy Johnson (Jan 1896 - 01 Nov 1956)

Male Person - United States American Delta blues musician

Releases (3)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order: 1928–1929 2000

Single

  1. Cool Drink of Water Blues / Big Road Blues 1928
  2. Canned Heat Blues / Big Fat Mama Blues Sep 1929

Recordings by (22)

  1. Cool Drink Of Water Blues 3:35 (1928)
  2. Big Road Blues 3:23 (1928)
  3. Big Fat Mama Blues 3:14 (Sep 1929)
  4. Canned Heat Blues 3:39 (Sep 1929)
  5. Maggie Campbell Blues 3:36 (1991)
  6. Bye Bye Blues 3:04 (1991)
  7. Lonesome Home Blues 3:11 (1991)
  8. Button Up Shoes (take 1, unissued test) 3:05 (1991)
  9. Black Mare Blues (take 2) 3:20 (1991)
  10. Lonesome Home Blues (take 1) 3:23 (1991)
  11. Alcohol and Jake Blues 3:21 (1994)
  12. Lonesome Home Blues (take 2) 3:17 (2000)
  13. I Wonder to Myself 3:06 (2000)
  14. Slidin’ Delta 3:05 (2000)
  15. Untitled Song (Morning Prayer Blues) (take 1) 3:20 (2000)
  16. Untitled Song (Boogaloosa Woman) (take 2) 3:12 (2000)
  17. Black Mare Blues (take 1) 3:31 (2000)
  18. Ridin’ Horse 3:25 (2000)
  19. I Want Someone to Love Me 2:57 (10 Jun 2003)
  20. Canned Heat 3:23 (2004)
  21. Alchohol and Jake Blues 3:23 (2008)
  22. Ridin' Horse 3:28 (2008)

On Recordings (34)

Instruments

  1. Cool Drink of Water Blues 3:35 Tommy Johnson (1928) guitar
  2. Big Road Blues 3:23 Tommy Johnson (1928) guitar
  3. Big Fat Mama Blues 3:14 Tommy Johnson (Sep 1929) guitar
  4. Canned Heat Blues 3:39 Tommy Johnson (Sep 1929) guitar
  5. Bye Bye Blues 3:04 Tommy Johnson (1991) guitar
  6. Maggie Campbell Blues 3:36 Tommy Johnson (1991) guitar
  7. Lonesome Home Blues 3:11 Tommy Johnson (1991) guitar
  8. Black Mare Blues (take 2) 3:20 Tommy Johnson (1991) guitar
  9. Lonesome Home Blues (take 1) 3:23 Tommy Johnson (1991) guitar
  10. Alcohol and Jake Blues 3:21 Tommy Johnson (1994) guitar
  11. I Wonder to Myself 3:06 Tommy Johnson (2000) guitar
  12. Black Mare Blues (take 1) 3:31 Tommy Johnson (2000) guitar
  13. Slidin’ Delta 3:05 Tommy Johnson (2000) guitar
  14. Untitled Song (Boogaloosa Woman) (take 2) 3:12 Tommy Johnson (2000) guitar
  15. Lonesome Home Blues (take 2) 3:17 Tommy Johnson (2000) guitar
  16. Ridin’ Horse 3:25 Tommy Johnson (2000) guitar
  17. Untitled Song (Morning Prayer Blues) (take 1) 3:20 Tommy Johnson (2000) guitar

Vocals

  1. Cool Drink of Water Blues 3:35 Tommy Johnson (1928)
  2. Big Road Blues 3:23 Tommy Johnson (1928)
  3. Big Fat Mama Blues 3:14 Tommy Johnson (Sep 1929) lead vocals
  4. Canned Heat Blues 3:39 Tommy Johnson (Sep 1929) lead vocals
  5. Lonesome Home Blues 3:11 Tommy Johnson (1991)
  6. Bye Bye Blues 3:04 Tommy Johnson (1991)
  7. Black Mare Blues (take 2) 3:20 Tommy Johnson (1991)
  8. Lonesome Home Blues (take 1) 3:23 Tommy Johnson (1991)
  9. Maggie Campbell Blues 3:36 Tommy Johnson (1991) lead vocals
  10. Alcohol and Jake Blues 3:21 Tommy Johnson (1994)
  11. Black Mare Blues (take 1) 3:31 Tommy Johnson (2000)
  12. Lonesome Home Blues (take 2) 3:17 Tommy Johnson (2000)
  13. Untitled Song (Morning Prayer Blues) (take 1) 3:20 Tommy Johnson (2000)
  14. I Wonder to Myself 3:06 Tommy Johnson (2000)
  15. Ridin’ Horse 3:25 Tommy Johnson (2000)
  16. Slidin’ Delta 3:05 Tommy Johnson (2000)
  17. Untitled Song (Boogaloosa Woman) (take 2) 3:12 Tommy Johnson (2000)

Credited as (3)

  1. Tommy Johnson
  2. Tommy Johnson & New Orleans Nehi Boys
  3. Furry Lewis / Tommy Johnson

Works (11)

Wrote

  1. Cool Drink of Water Blues
  2. Big Fat Mama
  3. Lonesome Home Blues
  4. Bye Bye Blues

Composed

  1. Big Road Blues
  2. Bye Bye Blues
  3. Two Trains Running
  4. Still a Fool

Lyrics

  1. Two Trains Running
  2. Still a Fool
  3. Big Road Blues

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/105594

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/304301

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000617492

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/27257077

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965179

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/81799

Picture

  1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Tommy-Johnson_pre-1923.png

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tommy-Johnson-musician/114159231965071