Sleepy John Estes – On 80 Highway

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Sleepy John Estes – On 80 Highway
Delmark DE 797 (2008)
Compact Disc

John Adam Estes was born on January 25, 1904 in Ripley, Tennessee. His recording career spanned six decades from the ’20s until his death on June 5, 1977. “Sleepy John Estes was one of the most individual of all recorded blues singers. He sang with phrasing that fairly dripped with expressiveness in a high crying tone that seemed often like he was speaking to the listener. The songs he wrote were well suited to this treatment, dealing frequently with his and his neighbors’ lives in Brownsville, Tennessee.” Gerald Brennan. This session from July 19, 1974 was recorded just before Sleepy John and Hammie Nixon departed for a tour of Japan. None of these performances have ever been issued. Sleepy John Estes, vocals, guitar; Hammie Nixon, vocals, harmonica, kazoo.