Tommy Johnson & Ishman Bracey - Canned Heat Blues (The Legendary 1928 Memphis Sessions) flac album

Ishman Bracey, Tommy Johnson. Canned Heat Blues: The Legendary 1928 Memphis Sessions.

Artist: Ishman Bracey. Title: Canned Heat Blues: Legendary 1928. Cool Drink of Water Blues. Maggie Campbell Blues.

The blues group Canned Heat took their name from this song. Johnson's "Big Road Blues" inspired Canned Heat's song "On the Road Again". A significantly different version of the song appears as "Canned Heat" on the album Big Road Blues by K. C. Douglas. Johnson recorded two further sessions, for Victor in August 1928 and for Paramount Records in December 1929. He did not record again, mistakenly believing that he had signed away his right to record.

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Artist Johnson,Tommy, Bracey,Ishman. Canned Heat Blues: Legendary 1928. Legendary 1966 recordings produced by johnny otis. 180 gram, yellow vinyl.

Johnson significantly influenced blues greats Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk and especially Howlin' Wolf, who would carry on and even outdo the Patton/Johnson tradition of incendiary, down-and-dirty showmanship. Johnson was also the quintessential blues bad boy, with a penchant for rampant womanizing and for alcohol, the latter of which led him to drastic extremes  . Tommy Johnson & Ishman Bracey - Canned Heat Blues (The Legendary 1928 Memphis Sessions) (Comp).

The legend of Tommy Johnson is even harder to ignore. The stories about his live performances - where he would play the guitar behind his neck in emulation of Charley Patton's showboating while hollering the blues at a full-throated level for hours without a break - are part of it. So is his uncontrolled womanizing and alcoholism, both of which constantly got him in trouble. Johnson's addiction to spirits was so pronounced that he was often seen drinking Sterno - denatured alcohol used for artificial heat - or shoe polish strained through bread for the kick each could offer when. Tommy Johnson/Ishman Bracey.