Elmore James Jr

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Elmore James Jr

voc, g,
Singer / Musician of Blues
A.k.a. Earnest Johnson

Slide Guitar, Singer, Songwriter - Blues. Born Canton, MS ,USA or Richmond, MS, USA depending on your source. Son of Elmore James. Played in a 1950s Rock 'n Roll Bands The Brigadiers of Jackson. After his father's death in 1963 Willie Dixon convinced him to change his stage name to that of his father. His career began to take off after the 1981 recording "Genuine Mississippi Blues" Ace Records (3) LP 2028 (1990 ACE CD 2028) CD was re-released on the UK Westside label WESM579 in 1999. This brought him out of retirement (exile) to begin touring. in the 2000s.

Instruments

Vocals
Guitar

Plays With

Elmore James Jr. And The Broomdusters

Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Daddy Gave Me The Blues	Elmore James Jr	2008	Album

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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