Johnny Shines
Delta bluesman Johnny Shines is most famous for having traveled and performed with Robert Johnson in the '30s, but his career extended several decades beyond Johnson's. He eventually wound up in Chicago, where he recorded for Job Records, but like many blues players of his generation Shines drifted out of music. In the late '60s he was among those whose careers were given a fresh start via "rediscovery" by the folk-revival generation. Shines began recording and performing again with a vengeance, his gritty voice and slide guitar still powerful. Failing health slowed him down in the early '80s, but even then he continued to play until his death in 1992.
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Albums
- (2008) Johnny Shines
- (1995) Standing At The Crossroads
- (1995) Johnny Shines With Big Walter Horton
- (1966) Masters of Modern Blues
Top Tracks
- Walkin' Blues
- Sweet Home Chicago
- If It Ain't Me
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- Fat Mama
Related Artists
- Robert Johnson
- Son House
- John Lee Hooker
- Mississippi John Hurt
- Sonny Boy Williamson
- Howlin' Wolf
- Big Bill Broonzy
- Skip James
- Blind Willie Johnson
- Muddy Waters
- Junior Kimbrough
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Elmore James
- B.B. King
- Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Bukka White
- Buddy Guy
- Reverend Gary Davis
- Sleepy John Estes
- Taj Mahal
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