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Today in Blues Music History January 22, 1897 - Blind Willie Johnson is born   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Blind Willie Johnson was an American gospel blues singer, guitarist and evangelist. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930—thirty songs in total—display a combination of

Today in Blues Music History January 25, 1938 - Etta James is born   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! James was born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938, in Los Angeles, California, to a 14-year-old mother, Dorothy Hawkins, who encouraged her daughter's singing career. ... By the

Today in Blues Music History January 27, 1918 - Elmore James is born   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader. He was known as "King of the Slide Guitar" and was noted for his use of

Today in Blues Music History January 29, 1992 - Willie Dixon passes away   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! William James Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and

Today in Blues Music History January 30, 1982 - Lightnin Hopkins passes away   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Centerville, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its