SELLERS, JOHN (BROTHER JOHN
). Bluesman ( in Clarksdale, Mississippi). As a young child he lived in Greenville, Mississippi, where he sang in a local church choir and heard live performances of such blues singers as
Gertrude (Ma
) Rainey
and Ida Cox; at the age of ten he was taken to Chicago. There he became involved in the entertainment world and performed with minstrel shows. Later he entered the field of gospel; he toured with
Emma Jackson
and
Mahalia Jackson...
SELLERS, JOHN
(*1924)> BLUESMAN