Sleepy John Estes
- MatchSleepy John Estes
- 100%Tampa Red
- 98%Lead Belly
- 94%Big Joe Williams
- 93%Lightnin' Hopkins
- 90%Furry Lewis
- 89%Mississippi John Hurt
- 86%Memphis Minnie
- 84%Blind Boy Fuller
- 82%Big Bill Broonzy
- 81%Bukka White
Biography
John Adams Estes, 25 January 1899, Ripley, Tennessee, USA, d. 5 June 1977, Brownsville, Tennessee, USA. This influential blues singer first performed at local house-parties while in his early teens. In 1916 he began working with mandolin player Yank Rachell, a partnership that was revived several times throughout their respective careers. It was also during this formative period that Estes met Hammie Nixon (harmonica), another individual with whom he shared a long-standing empathy. Estes made... Read more