Legendary Country Blues Artists [Slipcase]

Performer: Sleepy John Estes
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Personnel: Sleepy John Estes (vocals, guitar); Sleepy John Estes; Yank Rachell (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Son Bonds (vocals, guitar, kazoo); Charlie Pickett (vocals, guitar); Sonny Boy Williamson (vocals, harmonica); Elijah Jones, Elijah Jones, Big Joe Williams (guitar); 'Tee', Sonny Boy Williamson, Tee (harmonica); Johnny Hardge, Jab Jones, Jab Jones (piano); William Michell, Alfred Elkins, Raymond Thomas (bass instrument); Brass Band (washboard); Robert Lee McCoy (guitar, harmonica); Dan Tobin Smith (guitar); Hammie Nixon (harmonica); Lee Brown (kazoo, piano); Washboard Sam (washboard). Additional personnel: Brownsville Son Bonds (guitar); Son Bonds, Yank Rachell, Charlie Pickett. Liner Note Author: Neil Slaven. Recording information: Aurora, IL (09/24/1929-??/??/1947); Chicago, IL (09/24/1929-??/??/1947); Memphis (09/24/1929-??/??/1947); New York, NY (09/24/1929-??/??/1947).

One of the finest first-generation country blues singers to come out of the South, Tennessean Sleepy John Estes had an amazing run of recordings from the late 1920s to the early '40s. He popularized many of the tunes that would become blues (and rock & roll) standards, like "Drop Down Mama" and "Milk Cow Blues." Like so many of his contemporaries, Estes was rediscovered during the early '60s folk/blues boom, and came out of retirement to record and perform once more. Estes died in 1977, and was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame 13 years later.

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