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John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1900 – June 5, 1977), known as Sleepy John Estes, was an American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. His music influenced such artists as the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin.
Sleepy John Estes-Milk Cow Blues. Traveler Into The Blue. 35.4K subscribers. 46K views 10 years ago.
Mar 21, 2019 · The Legend of Sleepy John Estes [1962] - Sleepy John Estes. Take's Folk Blues Album Channel. 3.26K subscribers. 387. 18K views 4 years ago. Label: Delmar Records - DL-603 Format: Vinyl...
Oct 8, 2017 · John Adam “Sleepy John” Estes, was born in Ripley, Tennessee, around 1900. A highly skilled blues musician, Estes played a pivotal role in reestablishing rural blues within the American music canon during the folk blues revival of the 1960s.
Jan 25, 2024 · Blues guitarist and singer Sleepy John Estes was born into a family of sharecroppers on January 25, 1904. His nickname came via an accident: He lost an eye in a baseball game in his teens,...
Jul 12, 2024 · Sleepy John Estes - Brownsville Blues (Full album) Memphis Blues, Piedmont Blues Acoustic blues Playlist: 01. 38 Pistol 02. The Girl I Love 03. City Hall Blues 04. Time Is Drawing Near 05....
Sleepy John Estes was an important and influential re-discovery of the Folk/Blues revival of the early 60s, with his clear, authentic country Blues voice.
Oct 14, 2020 · Born January 25, 1904, in Ripley, Tennessee, Sleepy John Estes was one of a sharecropping family of ten. His father Daniel was a guitarist, and this influenced his son to play. Young Estes was blinded in his right eye from a baseball accident at the age of six, limiting further athletic endeavors.
When the documentary filmmaker David Blumenthal rediscovered Sleepy John Estes in 1962, the former blues great was destitute and living in a tumbled down shack in the middle of a cotton field outside the town of Brownsville, Tennessee.
Nicknamed “Sleepy” John Estes, supposedly because of his ability to sleep standing up (although there’s more on this on a little further down), he teamed with mandolinist Yank Rachell and harmonica player Hammie Nixon to play the house party circuit in and around Brownsville in the early ’20s.
