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Celebrate Jimmy Johnson's Life & Music
JIMMY JOHNSON November 25th 1928 - January 31st 2022

Jimmy Johnson has 4 albums on his label, Delmark Records. All of them are available here, on AirPlay Direct.

Jimmy Johnson – Every Day of Your Life
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Jimmy Johnson - Johnson's Whacks
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Jimmy Johnson - North South
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Jimmy Johnson - Pepper's Hangout
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Jimmy Johnson – Johnson’s Whacks
Delmark DD 644 (1991)
Compact Disc

When Jimmy Johnson’s first album, Johnson’s Whacks hit the streets at the end of the seventies, he was heralded as being part of a new blues generation that could actually write fully-realized, mature SONGS (as opposed to borrowing or stealing jukebox standards). Delmark even printed a lyric sheet for that LP, a first in blues cover art!

ALL MUSIC REVIEW

Uncommon wit runs through the lyrics of this varied set, certainly one of the more intriguing Chicago blues albums of the late '70s. Johnson's high-pitched vocals are particularly soulful on the impassioned "I Need Some Easy Money" and "Ashes in My Ashtray," while "The Twelve Bar Blues" and "Poor Boy's Dream" are upbeat entries that don't sound as comfortable for the guitarist. Johnson gets away with a honky-tonk reprise of Ernest Tubb's country classic "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin," but his rehash of Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" should have stayed on the bandstand

Johnson's Whacks Review by Bill Dahl.