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Bill Johnson (10 Aug 1872 - 03 Dec 1972)

Male Person - United States US jazz bass/guitar/banjo/mandolin player

 Also known as (1)

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band original
  2. Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
  3. Johnny Dodds Trio
  4. The Chicago Footwarmers
  5. King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Weather Bird Rag 2:43 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (Jul 1923) banjo
  2. My Daddy Rocks Me (with One Steady Roll) 3:23 Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band (Jun 1929) bass
  3. Boot It Boy 2:59 Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band (Jun 1929) bass
  4. Sho’ Is Hot 3:13 Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band (Jul 1929) bass
  5. Mess, Katie, Mess 2:59 Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band (Jul 1929) bass
  6. Come On Mama, Do That Dance 2:50 Tampa Red & His Hokum Jug Band (Oct 1929) bass
  7. I Wonder Where My Easy Rider’s Gone? 2:49 Tampa Red & His Hokum Jug Band (Oct 1929) bass
  8. Pencil Papa 2:44 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1929) double bass
  9. Sweet Lorraine -2 2:55 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1929) double bass
  10. Too Tight 2:53 Johnny Dodds Hot Six (1939) double bass, double bass
  11. Goober Dance 3:25 Johnny Dodds Hot Six (1939) double bass
  12. Goober Dance 3:26 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1953) double bass
  13. Too Tight 2:56 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1953) double bass
  14. Blue Clarinet Stomp 3:03 Johnny Dodds Trio (1959) bass
  15. Bull Fiddle Blues 2:50 Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band (1959) bass
  16. Weary City Blues 2:50 Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band (1959) bass
  17. Dippermouth Blues 2:29 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1973) banjo
  18. Canal Street Blues 2:33 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1983) banjo
  19. Riverside Blues 2:54 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1983) banjo
  20. Blue Piano Stomp 3:13 Johnny Dodds Trio (1986) double bass
  21. Bull Fiddle Blues 2:56 Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band (1986) double bass
  22. Too Tight 2:54 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1986) double bass
  23. Bucktown Stomp 3:12 Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band (1986) double bass
  24. Indigo Stomp 3:08 Johnny Dodds Trio (1986) double bass
  25. Just Gone 2:43 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1989) banjo
  26. Snake Rag 3:01 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1989) banjo, double bass
  27. Blue Washboard Stomp 2:49 Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band (1990) double bass
  28. Weary City 2:51 Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band (1990) double bass
  29. Indigo Stomp #2 3:06 Johnny Dodds Trio (1990) double bass
  30. Blue Clarinet Stomp #2 3:11 Johnny Dodds Trio (1990) double bass
  31. Indigo Stomp #1 3:02 Johnny Dodds Trio (1990) double bass
  32. High Society 3:00 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1991) double bass
  33. Mabel’s Dream (2nd take) 2:47 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1992) banjo
  34. Indigo Stomp 3:06 Johnny Dodds Trio (1992) double bass
  35. Mabel’s Dream (1st take) 2:50 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1992) banjo
  36. Southern Stomp (1st take) 2:42 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1992) banjo
  37. Southern Stomp (2nd take) 2:46 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1992) banjo
  38. Sweet Lorraine 2:52 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1992) double bass
  39. My Little Isabel 3:05 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1992) double bass
  40. Too Tight -2 3:11 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1994) double bass
  41. Don’t Drink It in Here ?:?? Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band (1994) double bass
  42. Heah Me Talkin’ -3 3:10 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1994) double bass
  43. My Four Reasons 2:54 Banjo Ikey Robinson & His Bull Fiddle Band (1994) double bass
  44. Get the "L" on Down the Road ?:?? Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band (1994) double bass
  45. South Side Stomp 2:39 Dixie Four (1994) double bass
  46. My Little Isabel -1 3:05 Johnny Dodds & His Orchestra (1994) double bass
  47. St. Louis Man 2:26 Dixie Four (1994) double bass
  48. Five O'Clock Stomp 2:33 Dixie Four (1994) double bass

Vocals

  1. Dippermouth Blues 2:29 King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band (1973)
  2. Get the "L" on Down the Road ?:?? Bill Johnson’s Louisiana Jug Band (1994) spoken vocals

Credited as (2)

  1. Bill Johnson
  2. David, Billie Ray and Bill Johnson

Links (5)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110790

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Manuel_Johnson

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/348884

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000078639

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q862216