Tommy johnson wiki

Tommy Johnson (1896 – November 1, 1956) was an influential American delta blues musician, who recorded in the late 1920s, and was known for his eerie falsetto voice and intricate guitar playing.

Johnson was born near Terry, Mississippi, and moved around 1910 to Crystal Springs where he lived for most of his life.

He learned to play the guitar and, by 1914, was supplementing his income by playing at local parties with his brothers Major and LeDell. Many of these players were misled by financial advisers, leading to substantial financial losses and tax issues.

This underscores the vulnerability of ex-professionals to financial fraud, particularly through seemingly legitimate investment firms.

A significantly different version of the song appears as "Canned Heat" on the "Big Road Blues" album by K.C. Douglas.
He recorded two further sessions, in August 1928, and for Paramount Records in December 1929. / Takes alcorub to take these canned heat blues.” Other tracks recorded at this session include “Big Road Blues,” “Maggie Campbell Blues,” and “Cool Drink of Water Blues.”

In 1930 Johnson traveled to Grafton, Wisconsin, for a Paramount session at which he recorded eleven more tracks, among them “Slidin’ Delta” and another song that refers to his alcoholism, “Alcohol and Jake Blues”: “I woke up, up this morning, crying, alcohol on my mind.

The inaugural edition was held in Jackson and Crystal Springs in 2006.

Tommy Johnson's influence on local traditions is discussed by David Evans in Tommy Johnson and ''Big Road Blues. He spent lengthy spells out the first side, and earned the tag of ‘sicknote‘.

Over his time, at Celtic he was part of some great success at Celtic Park, which most notably included scoring the goal which won the 2000/01 Scottish Premier League title – as the Bhoys won the Scottish domestic treble and he netted in the 2000 CIS Insurance Cup final win over Aberdeen.

The story of Tommy Johnson selling his soul to the devil was first told by Tommy Johnson's brother, LaDell Johnson, and reported by David Evans in his 1971 biography of Johnson.

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Fullname: Thomas Johnson
aka: Tommy Johnson
Born: 15 January 1971
Birthplace: Gateshead, England
Signed: 27 March 1997
Left: 1 June 2001
Position: Striker
Debut: Raith Rovers 1-1 Celtic, League, 5 Apr 1997
Internationals: England U21 (7 caps, 2 goals)

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“I still grin about it now, it was the best season of my career.”
Tommy Johnson on 1997-98 season

Tommy Johnson was born on 15th January 1971 in Newcastle, England.

In 1916 he married and moved to Webb Jennings' Plantation near Drew, Mississippi, close to the Dockery Plantation.

He is buried in the Warm Springs Methodist Church Cemetery outside of Crystal Springs, Mississippi. So he had arrived at a difficult time at Celtic.

He was in practise mostly a squad player, and managed to see Celtic through with around five different managers in his time, not an easy period but there were still some great highs along the way.

On 10 September 2006 he signed for Polymac Services Midland Football Alliance club Rocester FC.

He later moved into lower tier coaching.

We wished him all the best.

Post-Celtic

Tommy Johnson was later found to have been a victim involved in a financial fraud case where he, along with other ex-Premier League players, lost significant amounts of money due to scams disguised as legitimate investment opportunities.

Yet still he had a very impressive scoring record. There he met other musicians including Charley Patton and Willie Brown.
By 1920 he had become an alcoholic and itinerant musician, based in Crystal Springs but traveling widely around the South, sometimes accompanied by Papa Charlie McCoy.

In 1928 he made his first recordings with McCoy for Victor Records.The recordings included "Canned Heat Blues", in which he sang of drinking methanol from the cooking fuel Sterno.

He only made one appearance at the club before moving on to Scunthorpe United. This resulted in a legal settlement with The Mississippi Sheiks who had used Johnson's "Big Road Blues" melody in their successful "Stop and Listen". Although the goal which won Celtic the 2000/01 title was a little fortuitous but in many ways reflected his time at Celtic.

For the classic ‘One in a Row’ season in 1997-98 when Celtic finally won the league title to stop Rangers march to ten titles in a row, he only played two games early in the season before being out injured, and so missed a vital and incredible season.

After his family relocated to Crystal Springs around 1910, Johnson’s brother LeDell taught Tommy the basics of the guitar, and by the time he turned eighteen, he and his brothers were playing gigs across Copiah County and beyond. / Woke up this morning, alcohol was on my mind. He did not record again, mistakenly believing that he had signed away his right to record.

He was highly influential on other performers, partly because he was willing to teach his style and his repertoire. / Crying, canned heat, mama, sure, Lord, killing me. Johnson began his career as a trainee at Notts County, helping the Magpies reach the top flight in the early 1990s, before moving to Derby County and then Aston Villa – both in £1m+ moves.

In 1997 he joined Celtic for £2.3m, but saw his career at the Hoops cut short by injury, and was Tommy Burns’ last foray in the transfer market.

He made his debut coming off the bench in a 1-1 draw with Raith Rovers, but at the time every question was really over the future of manager Tommy Burns who ended up standing down at the end of the season.