Jess Johnston (fiddler) is always credited as Jess Johnson on original 78 rpm releases, but the record company ledgers always give his real name as Johnston. Johnston was an associate of Jess Hillard, Roy Harvey, Byrd Moore, Ted Lunsford, Duke Clark, Ernest Branch, and Bernice Coleman. Original 78 rpm recordings appeared on the Champion, Superior, and Montgomery Ward labels.
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