Willie Brown (musician)

Willie Brown (August 6, 1900 - December 30, 1952) was an American Delta Blues guitarist and singer.

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August 6 - 1900 - December 30 - 1952 - American - Delta Blues - Guitarist - Singer

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Born right in the heart of the blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he played with such notables as Charlie Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson. He was not known to be a self-promoting frontman, but instead like to backup more out going artist. Not much is seen or heard of by the man who influenced the king of the Delta Blues, Robert Johnson. He was mentioned in Johnson's most prolific song Crossroad Blues. He is heard with Patton on the Paramount label session's of 1930, playing "M & O Blues," and "Future Blues." Apart from playing with Son House and Charlie Patton it has also been said that played with artists such as Luke Thomson and Thomas "Clubfoot" Coles.

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Clarksdale - Mississippi - Charlie Patton - Son House - Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues - 1930 - Luke Thomson - Thomas "Clubfoot" Coles

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"Rowdy Blues", a 1929 song credited to Kid Bailey, is disputed to have Brown on backup, or Brown himself using the name of Kid Bailey. Willie Brown does his song "Future Blues" on the album Son House & The Great Delta Blues Singers (1994), recorded between 1928 and 1930, on the Document (USA) label.

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1929 - Kid Bailey - 1994 - 1928 - 1930

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The WPA (Works Progress Administration) directed John Lomax and his son Alan Lomax to record artists in the south during the Great Depression for the Library of Congress. Willie Brown can be heard on a field recording done by Alan Lomax for the Archive of American Folksong by the Library of Congress in 1941, "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor."

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WPA - John Lomax - Alan Lomax - Great Depression - Library of Congress - Archive of American Folksong - 1941

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He died in Tunica, Mississippi at the age of 52.

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Willie Brown was featured as the central character in the movie Crossroads (1986).

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