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| name = Big Jack Johnson
| image = Big Jack Johnson - Chicago Blues Festival 2009.jpg
| image = Big Jack Johnson - Chicago Blues Festival 2009.jpg
| caption = Johnson performing at the [[Chicago Blues Festival]], 2009
| caption = Johnson performing at the [[Chicago Blues Festival]], 2009
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Jack N. Johnson
| birth_name = Jack N. Johnson
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|7|30|mf=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Lambert, Mississippi|Lambert]], Mississippi, United States
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|7|30|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|3|14|1940|7|30|mf=y}}
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| birth_place =[[Lambert, Mississippi|Lambert]], Mississippi, United States
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| death_place = [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], United States
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| death_place=[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], United States
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| instrument = Guitar, mandolin, bass, vocals
| instrument = Guitar, mandolin, bass, vocals
| genre = [[Delta blues]], [[country blues]], [[electric blues]]
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| occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter
| genre = [[Delta blues]], [[country blues]], [[electric blues]]
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| years_active = 1960–2011
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| occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter
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| label = [[Earwig Music Company|Earwig Music]], various
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| years_active = 1960–2011
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| past_member_of = Jelly Roll Kings, Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers
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'''Jack N. Johnson''',<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=203 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> known as '''Big Jack Johnson''' (July 30, 1939<ref name="bare"/> or 1940 – March 14, 2011) was an American [[electric blues]] musician, one of the "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound."<ref name="Music">{{cite book| first= Paul| last= Du Noyer| year= 2003| title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music| edition= 1st| publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London| isbn= 1-904041-96-5| page= 160}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/01/big-jack-johnson-obituary|title=Blues, Big Jack Johnson obituary, One of the last of the rural deep south juke-joint bluesmen |last1= Russell|first1= Tony|last2= |first2= |date= June 1, 2011|website= theguardian.com|publisher=The Guardian |access-date= October 11, 2015|quote=}}</ref> He was one of a small number of blues musicians who played the [[mandolin]]. He won a [[Blues Music Award|W.&nbsp;C. Handy Award]] in 2003 for best acoustic blues album.<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70964/2003-wc-handy-blues-awards-winners |title=2003 W.C. Handy Blues Awards Winners |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= May 23, 2003|website= billboard.com|publisher=Billboard |access-date=October 11, 2015 |quote=Acoustic Blues Album of the Year: Big Jack Johnson, "Memphis Bar-B-Que Sessions"}}</ref>
'''Jack N. Johnson''',<ref name="bare">{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=203 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> known as '''Big Jack Johnson''' (July 30, 1939<ref name="bare"/> or 1940 – March 14, 2011) was an American [[electric blues]] musician, one of the "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound."<ref name="Music">{{cite book| first= Paul| last= Du Noyer| year= 2003| title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music| edition= 1st| publisher= Flame Tree Publishing | location= Fulham, London| isbn= 1-904041-96-5| page= 160}}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/01/big-jack-johnson-obituary|title=Blues, Big Jack Johnson obituary, One of the last of the rural deep south juke-joint bluesmen |last1= Russell|first1= Tony|date= June 1, 2011|website= [[The Guardian]]|access-date= October 11, 2015}}</ref> He was one of a small number of blues musicians who played the [[mandolin]]. He won a [[Blues Music Award|W.&nbsp;C. Handy Award]] in 2003 for best acoustic blues album.<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70964/2003-wc-handy-blues-awards-winners |title=2003 W.C. Handy Blues Awards Winners |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= May 23, 2003|website= billboard.com|publisher=Billboard |access-date=October 11, 2015 |quote=Acoustic Blues Album of the Year: Big Jack Johnson, "Memphis Bar-B-Que Sessions"}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Johnson was born in [[Lambert, Mississippi]], in 1940, one of 18 children in his family.<ref name=call/><ref name="bio_pdf">{{cite web | url=http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/Calendar/art2006/blues/BigJackJohnson.pdf | title=Big Jack Johnson Bio | publisher=JW Entertainment at [[Hudson River Park]] web site | format=PDF | accessdate=2007-11-05 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> His father, Ellis Johnson, was a sharecropper, and his family picked cotton, but he was also a professional musician, leading a band at local functions and playing fiddle and mandolin in [[country music|country]] and [[blues]] styles.<ref name=Guardian/><ref name=call/> Big Jack got his start in music playing with his father. In his teens, he began playing the electric guitar, attracted to the urban sound of [[B.B. King]].<ref name=Guardian/><ref name=call/>
Johnson was born in [[Lambert, Mississippi]], in 1940, one of 18 children in his family.<ref name=call/><ref name="bio_pdf">{{cite web | url=http://www.hudsonriverpark.org/Calendar/art2006/blues/BigJackJohnson.pdf | title=Big Jack Johnson Bio | publisher=JW Entertainment at [[Hudson River Park]] web site | access-date=2007-11-05 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> His father, Ellis Johnson, was a sharecropper, and his family picked cotton, but he was also a working musician, leading a band at local functions and playing fiddle and mandolin in [[country music|country]] and [[blues]] styles.<ref name=Guardian/><ref name=call/> Big Jack got his start in music playing with his father. In his teens, he began playing the electric guitar, attracted to the urban sound of [[B.B. King]].<ref name=Guardian/><ref name=call/>


Johnson was nicknamed "The Oil Man", because of his day job as a truck driver for [[Shell Oil]].<ref name=call>{{cite news |last1= Howell|first1= Dave|last2= |first2= |date=January 12, 1996 |url=http://articles.mcall.com/1996-01-12/entertainment/3083165_1_blues-band-johnson-guitar |title= Big Jack Johnson's Blues Are Aimed at the Heart|newspaper= The Morning Call|location=Allentown, Pennsylvania |access-date=October 12, 2015 |quote=}}</ref> He was the father of 13 children.
Johnson was nicknamed "The Oil Man", because of his day job as a truck driver for [[Shell Oil]].<ref name=call>{{cite news |last1= Howell|first1= Dave|date=January 12, 1996 |url=https://www.mcall.com/1996/01/12/big-jack-johnsons-blues-are-aimed-at-the-heart/ |title= Big Jack Johnson's Blues Are Aimed at the Heart|newspaper= The Morning Call|location=Allentown, Pennsylvania |access-date=October 12, 2015 }}</ref> He was the father of 13 children.


His earliest professional playing, apart from his father's band, was with Earnest Roy, Sr., C. V. Veal & the Shufflers, and Johnny Dugan & the Esquires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/big-jack-johnson|title=Big Jack Johnson - Clarksdale|date=|website=bluestrail.org|publisher=The Mississippi Blues Foundation|access-date=October 12, 2015|quote=|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>
His earliest professional playing, apart from his father's band, was with Earnest Roy, Sr., C. V. Veal & the Shufflers, and Johnny Dugan & the Esquires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/big-jack-johnson|title=Big Jack Johnson - Clarksdale|website=bluestrail.org|publisher=The Mississippi Blues Foundation|access-date=October 12, 2015|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref>


In 1962, Johnson, [[Sam Carr (musician)|Sam Carr]] and [[Frank Frost]] formed the [[The Jelly Roll Kings|Jelly Roll Kings]] and the Nighthawks, in which Johnson played bass, releasing two albums, ''Hey Boss Man'' (1962) and ''My Back Scratcher'' (1966).<ref name = guardian>{{cite news | last = Russell | first = Tony | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/01/big-jack-johnson-obituary | date = June 1, 2011 | accessdate = 2011-10-22 | title = Big Jack Johnson Obituary | location=London | work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=Bluesman>{{cite web|url=http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/27866-mississippi-bluesman-big-jack-johnson-dies |title=Mississippi bluesman Big Jack Johnson dies |publisher=Communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-12}}</ref> Johnson's first recordings as a vocalist are on the 1979 album ''Rockin' the Juke Joint Down'', issued by [[Earwig Music Company|Earwig Music]].<ref name=Bluesman/><ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Dahl, Bill |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-jack-johnson-mn0000760647/biography |title=Big Jack Johnson &#124; Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-12}}</ref> With Frost as the bandleader, they performed and recorded together for 15 years.<ref name="AMG"/>
In 1962, Johnson, [[Sam Carr (musician)|Sam Carr]] and [[Frank Frost]] formed the [[The Jelly Roll Kings|Jelly Roll Kings]] and the Nighthawks, in which Johnson played bass, releasing two albums, ''Hey Boss Man'' (1962) and ''My Back Scratcher'' (1966).<ref name = guardian>{{cite news | last = Russell | first = Tony | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/01/big-jack-johnson-obituary | date = June 1, 2011 | access-date = 2011-10-22 | title = Big Jack Johnson Obituary | location=London | work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name=Bluesman>{{cite web |url=http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/27866-mississippi-bluesman-big-jack-johnson-dies |title=Mississippi bluesman Big Jack Johnson dies |publisher=Communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com |access-date=2015-10-12 |archive-date=March 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317134040/http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/27866-mississippi-bluesman-big-jack-johnson-dies |url-status=dead }}</ref> Johnson's first recordings as a vocalist are on the 1979 album ''Rockin' the Juke Joint Down'', issued by [[Earwig Music Company|Earwig Music]].<ref name=Bluesman/><ref name="AMG">{{cite web|author=Dahl, Bill |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-jack-johnson-mn0000760647/biography |title=Big Jack Johnson &#124; Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-10-12}}</ref> With Frost as the bandleader, they performed and recorded together for 15 years.<ref name="AMG"/>


Johnson's first solo album, ''The Oil Man'', including the song "Catfish Blues", was released by Earwig in 1987.<ref name=Bluesman/><ref name="AMG"/> He recorded solo and as a member of the Jelly Roll Kings<ref name="bio_pdf"/> and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers (with the poet and musician [[Dick Lourie]]).
Johnson's first solo album, ''The Oil Man'', including the song "Catfish Blues", was released by Earwig in 1987.<ref name=Bluesman/><ref name="AMG"/> He recorded solo and as a member of the Jelly Roll Kings<ref name="bio_pdf"/> and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers (with the poet and musician [[Dick Lourie]]).


He wrote and performed "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with [[Samuel L. Jackson]] on the soundtrack of the film ''[[Black Snake Moan (film)|Black Snake Moan]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462200/soundtrack | title=Soundtracks for Black Snake Moan | publisher=at the [[Internet Movie Database]] | accessdate=2007-11-05 }}</ref> His album ''Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home?'' (1990) presents social concerns.<ref name="AMG"/>
He wrote and performed "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with [[Samuel L. Jackson]] on the soundtrack of the film ''[[Black Snake Moan (film)|Black Snake Moan]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462200/soundtrack | title=Soundtracks for Black Snake Moan | publisher=at the [[Internet Movie Database]] | access-date=2007-11-05 }}</ref> His album ''[[Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home?]]'' (1990) presents social concerns.<ref name="AMG"/>


He subsequently performed and recorded with his band, the Cornlickers, with Dale Wise on drums, Dave Groninger on guitar, Tony Ryder on bass, and Bobby Gentilo on guitar. They recorded the albums ''Katrina'' (2009) and ''Big Jack's Way'' (2012).
He subsequently performed and recorded with his band, the Cornlickers, with Dale Wise on drums, Dave Groninger on guitar, Tony Ryder on bass, and Bobby Gentilo on guitar. They recorded the albums ''Katrina'' (2009) and ''Big Jack's Way'' (2012).


Johnson died from an undisclosed illness on March 14, 2011.<ref name=Bluesman/> According to family members, he had struggled with health problems in his final years, worsening to the point that there were erroneous reports of his death in the days leading up to it.<ref name=Bluesman/>
Johnson died from an undisclosed illness on March 14, 2011.<ref name=Bluesman/> According to family members, he had struggled with health problems in his final years, worsening to the point that there were erroneous reports of his death in the days leading up to it.<ref name=Bluesman/>


Johnson was posthumously honored with a plaque on the [[Clarksdale Walk of Fame]] in August 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunflowerfest.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=78|title=Two historic marker dedications kick off Sunflower Blues Fest activities August 12|last=|first=|date=July 28, 2011|website=Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival|language=EN|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref> He also has a marker on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] in Clarksdale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/big-jack-johnson|title=Big Jack Johnson|last=|first=|date=|website=Mississippi Blues Trail|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=}}</ref>
Johnson was posthumously honored with a plaque on the [[Clarksdale Walk of Fame]] in August 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sunflowerfest.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=78|title=Two historic marker dedications kick off Sunflower Blues Fest activities August 12|date=July 28, 2011|website=Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival|language=EN|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527024522/http://www.sunflowerfest.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=78|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also has a marker on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] in Clarksdale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/big-jack-johnson|title=Big Jack Johnson|website=Mississippi Blues Trail}}</ref>


==Partial discography==
==Partial discography==
*''The Oil Man'' (1987)
*''The Oil Man'' (1987)
*''Rooster Blues'' (1987)
*''Rooster Blues'' (1987)
*''Daddy, When Is Mama Comin' Home'' (1991)
*''[[Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home?]]'' (1991)
*''We Got to Stop This Killin''' (1996)
*''We Got to Stop This Killin''' (1996)
*''Live in Chicago'' (1997)
*''Live in Chicago'' (1997)
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*''Juke Joint Saturday Night Live'' (2008)
*''Juke Joint Saturday Night Live'' (2008)
*''Katrina'' (2009)
*''Katrina'' (2009)
*''Big Jack's Way'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-jack-johnson-mn0000760647/discography |title=Big Jack Johnson &#124; Album Discography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-12}}</ref>
*''Big Jack's Way'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/big-jack-johnson-mn0000760647/discography |title=Big Jack Johnson &#124; Album Discography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2015-10-12}}</ref>
*''Stripped Down in Memphis with Kim Wilson and Wild Child Butler'' (2022)


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*{{IMDb name|0424590|Big Jack Johnson}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061216142840/http://jwblues.com/BigJackJohnson/BigJackJohnson.htm Archived site with bio and picture of Big Jack Johnson with mandolin.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061216142840/http://jwblues.com/BigJackJohnson/BigJackJohnson.htm Archived site with bio and picture of Big Jack Johnson with mandolin.]
* [http://weeklywire.com/ww/04-24-00/boston_music_1.html Web page from 2000 talking about Big Jack Johnson, his nephew Super Chikan, and the state of blues music in Mississippi.]
* [http://weeklywire.com/ww/04-24-00/boston_music_1.html Web page from 2000 talking about Big Jack Johnson, his nephew Super Chikan, and the state of blues music in Mississippi.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111062549/http://weeklywire.com/ww/04-24-00/boston_music_1.html |date=January 11, 2016 }}


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Big Jack Johnson
Johnson performing at the Chicago Blues Festival, 2009
Johnson performing at the Chicago Blues Festival, 2009
Background information
Birth nameJack N. Johnson
Born(1940-07-30)July 30, 1940
Lambert, Mississippi, United States
DiedMarch 14, 2011(2011-03-14) (aged 70)
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
GenresDelta blues, country blues, electric blues
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, mandolin, bass, vocals
Years active1960–2011
LabelsEarwig Music, various
Formerly ofJelly Roll Kings, Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers

Jack N. Johnson,[1] known as Big Jack Johnson (July 30, 1939[1] or 1940 – March 14, 2011) was an American electric blues musician, one of the "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound."[2][3] He was one of a small number of blues musicians who played the mandolin. He won a W. C. Handy Award in 2003 for best acoustic blues album.[3][4]

Biography

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Johnson was born in Lambert, Mississippi, in 1940, one of 18 children in his family.[5][6] His father, Ellis Johnson, was a sharecropper, and his family picked cotton, but he was also a working musician, leading a band at local functions and playing fiddle and mandolin in country and blues styles.[3][5] Big Jack got his start in music playing with his father. In his teens, he began playing the electric guitar, attracted to the urban sound of B.B. King.[3][5]

Johnson was nicknamed "The Oil Man", because of his day job as a truck driver for Shell Oil.[5] He was the father of 13 children.

His earliest professional playing, apart from his father's band, was with Earnest Roy, Sr., C. V. Veal & the Shufflers, and Johnny Dugan & the Esquires.[7]

In 1962, Johnson, Sam Carr and Frank Frost formed the Jelly Roll Kings and the Nighthawks, in which Johnson played bass, releasing two albums, Hey Boss Man (1962) and My Back Scratcher (1966).[8][9] Johnson's first recordings as a vocalist are on the 1979 album Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, issued by Earwig Music.[9][10] With Frost as the bandleader, they performed and recorded together for 15 years.[10]

Johnson's first solo album, The Oil Man, including the song "Catfish Blues", was released by Earwig in 1987.[9][10] He recorded solo and as a member of the Jelly Roll Kings[6] and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers (with the poet and musician Dick Lourie).

He wrote and performed "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with Samuel L. Jackson on the soundtrack of the film Black Snake Moan.[11] His album Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home? (1990) presents social concerns.[10]

He subsequently performed and recorded with his band, the Cornlickers, with Dale Wise on drums, Dave Groninger on guitar, Tony Ryder on bass, and Bobby Gentilo on guitar. They recorded the albums Katrina (2009) and Big Jack's Way (2012).

Johnson died from an undisclosed illness on March 14, 2011.[9] According to family members, he had struggled with health problems in his final years, worsening to the point that there were erroneous reports of his death in the days leading up to it.[9]

Johnson was posthumously honored with a plaque on the Clarksdale Walk of Fame in August 2011.[12] He also has a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Clarksdale.[13]

Partial discography

[edit]
  • The Oil Man (1987)
  • Rooster Blues (1987)
  • Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home? (1991)
  • We Got to Stop This Killin' (1996)
  • Live in Chicago (1997)
  • All the Way Back* (1998)
  • Live in Chicago* (1998)
  • Roots Stew* (2000)
  • The Memphis Barbecue Sessions (2002)
  • Black Snake Moan (2007)
  • Juke Joint Saturday Night Live (2008)
  • Katrina (2009)
  • Big Jack's Way (2010)[14]
  • Stripped Down in Memphis with Kim Wilson and Wild Child Butler (2022)

Filmography

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 203. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. ^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 160. ISBN 1-904041-96-5.
  3. ^ a b c d Russell, Tony (June 1, 2011). "Blues, Big Jack Johnson obituary, One of the last of the rural deep south juke-joint bluesmen". The Guardian. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "2003 W.C. Handy Blues Awards Winners". billboard.com. Billboard. May 23, 2003. Retrieved October 11, 2015. Acoustic Blues Album of the Year: Big Jack Johnson, "Memphis Bar-B-Que Sessions"
  5. ^ a b c d Howell, Dave (January 12, 1996). "Big Jack Johnson's Blues Are Aimed at the Heart". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Big Jack Johnson Bio" (PDF). JW Entertainment at Hudson River Park web site. Retrieved November 5, 2007. [dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Big Jack Johnson - Clarksdale". bluestrail.org. The Mississippi Blues Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  8. ^ Russell, Tony (June 1, 2011). "Big Jack Johnson Obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Mississippi bluesman Big Jack Johnson dies". Communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d Dahl, Bill. "Big Jack Johnson | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Soundtracks for Black Snake Moan". at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
  12. ^ "Two historic marker dedications kick off Sunflower Blues Fest activities August 12". Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival. July 28, 2011. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  13. ^ "Big Jack Johnson". Mississippi Blues Trail.
  14. ^ "Big Jack Johnson | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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