Sleepy John Estes

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John Adam Estes (born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, January 25, 1899 — Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, June 5, 1977) best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. In 1915, Estes' father, a sharecropper who also played some guitar, moved the family to Brownsville, Tennessee. Not long after, Estes lost the sight of his right eye when a friend threw a rock at him during a baseball game. At the age of 19, while working as a field hand, he began to perform professionally. The ...read more

Yellow jam blues Tennessee worried blues I´m goin´ home Bad luck my buddy All night long Fire department blues martha hardin I came for to do it When you lose your eversight In my father´s house Lord have mercy Registration day Mailman Goin´ to brownsville Come back home little girl I ain´t gonna sell it Browsnville blues Hey woman John henry A hard pill to swallow Dust my broom Black Sixty one and sixty two rats Reason to believe You rascal you Dont you want to know

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