Johnny "Man" Young

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Johnny Young
Johnny Young playing his mandolin
Johnny Young playing his mandolin
Background information
Born(1917-01-01)January 1, 1917
Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedApril 18, 1974(1974-04-18) (aged 56)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresBlues
Instrument(s)Vocals, mandolin, guitar
Years active1930s–1974

Johnny "Man" Young (January 1, 1917 – April 18, 1974)[1] was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War. He was one of the few mandolin players active in blues music in the postwar era. His nickname, Man, came from his playing the mandolin.

Life and career

Young was born in

Vee-Jay, but after that he retired from performance in the 1950s.[5][6]

With the rise of interest in blues among white audiences in the early 1960s, Young emerged from retirement in 1963 and recorded for several labels, including

Testament, Arhoolie and Blue Horizon, in the 1960s and early 1970s.[7]

Young died of a heart attack, in Chicago, in 1974, and is buried in Lincoln Cemetery, in Urbana, Illinois.[8]

Discography

Singles

  • 1947: "Money Taking Woman" / "Worried Man Blues" (Ora Nelle 712)
  • 1948: "My Baby Walked Out" / "Let Me Ride Your Mule" (Planet 2/Old Swing-Master 19)
  • 1964: "All I Want For Breakfast" / "Humpty Dumpty" (USA Records 768)
  • 1966: "Slam Hammer" / "Wild, Wild Woman" (Arhoolie 515)

Albums

  • 1966: Johnny Young and His Chicago Blues Band (Arhoolie)
  • 1967: Chicago/The Blues/Today!, vol. 3 (Vanguard, with Johnny Shines)
  • 1968: Chicago Blues (Arhoolie)
  • 1970: Fat Mandolin (Blue Horizon, reissued in 1972 as Blues Masters Vol. 9)
  • 1973: I Can't Keep My Foot from Jumping (Bluesway)
  • 1975: Johnny Young and His Friends (Testament)

As sideman

with Otis Spann

References

  1. ^ Bob Eagle; Eric S. LeBlanc (2013). Blues – A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California, United States: Praeger Publishers. p. 223.
  2. ISBN 1-85868-255-X
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  3. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6
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  4. ISBN 1-85868-255-X
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  5. ^ "Planet and Marvel". Hubcap.clemson.edu. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
  6. ^ Rowe, M. (1981). Chicago Blues: The City and the Music. New York: Da Capo Press.
  7. ^ Leadbitter, M.; Fancourt, L.; Pelletier, P. (1994). Blues Records 1943–1970, vol. 2. London: Record Information Services. pp. 804–807.
  8. ^ Harris, S. (1981). Blues Who's Who. New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 594–595.

External links

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