WILKINS, JOE WILLIE. Bluesman ( in Davenport, Mississippi; in Memphis, Tennessee). He began playing harmonica at the age of ten and guitar at twelve, influenced by his father, who played guitar. He also sang in a local church choir as a child. His musical development was influenced by some of the most celebrated bluesmen of the period, including
(Blind
) Lemon Jefferson
, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters
(McKinley Morganfield), and Aaron T-Bone
Walker, among others—some...