Johnson, Tommy

Johnson, Tommy ca. 1896; Terry, MS – 1 November 1956; Crystal Springs, MS Tommy Johnson recorded less than twenty known sides, though there is evidence of others that have not yet been found, in a short two years from 1928 to 1929, but he became one of the most influential Mississippi bluesmen, a major figure remembered with enormous respect and admiration long after his death. Tommy Johnson was born to Idell Johnson and Mary Ella Williams and was one of thirteen children, all apparently…