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Sleepy John Estes

Sleepy John Estes


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.

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Need More Blues

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Government Money

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Poor John Blues

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Down South Blues

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Whatcha Doin'?

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Broke and Hungry

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Stack o' Dollars

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