JOHNSON, TOMMY

JOHNSON, TOMMY. Bluesman (c1896 in Terry, Mississippi; 1 November 1956 in Crystal Springs, Mississippi). He began playing guitar when he was about fourteen, studying informally with his brother, LeDell Johnson. Beginning about 1912 he played professionally in various places throughout Mississippi, sometimes with Charlie Patton, Walter Vinson (also known as Walter Vincent ), Rubin Lacy , and Ishmon Bracey, among others. He made his first recordings in 1928 at Memphis, Tennessee...