Estes, Sleepy John

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	Broke And Hungry Used - LP - DS 608 Rare Stereo Original. Featuring The Tennessee Jug Busters - Yank Rachell, Hammie Nixon And Mike Bloomfield. more
	Brownsville Blues Used - LP - DS 9613 Hard To Find Stereo Original. Tiny Amount Of Ring Wear. Old Price Tag On Cover. more
	I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More New - LP - mk325 Sealed 2LP Compilation. A 24-Song Retrospective Recorded Between 1929-1937 In Memphis, Chicago And Nyc, When Tennessee Native, Sleepy John Estes Was At The Height Of His Abilities. Despite The Fact That Estes Wasn't The Fastest Or Most Technical Blues Guitarists Out There, His Distinct And Emotional Vocals, And Uniquely Relaxed Style More Than Compensates For This, Making Him One Of The Genre's True Geniuses. Estes, In Fact, Perhaps Because He Wasn't A Guitar Virtuoso, Usually Preferred To Play In A Group Setting, And On These Recordings He Is Often Accompanied By Great Players Like Yank Rachell On Mandolin Or Hammie Nixon On Harmonica. He Is Also Frequently Accompanied By Piano And Sometimes Second Guitar. Estes Is Also Well Known For His Lyrics Which Talked About Places And People He Know. I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More Contains All Of His Best Songs, Including Blues Favorites Like The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair (Covered By Led Zeppelin), Drop Down Mama, Milk Cow Blues (Covered By The Kinks), And Someday Baby Blues (Covered By Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan). more