Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
Luther
Johnson (April
11, 1939 - December 25, 2022) was an American blues
singer
and guitarist, who performed under the name Luther
"Guitar Junior" Johnson.
He
is not to be confused with Luther
"Georgia Boy" Johnson,
Luther
"Houserocker" Johnson,
or Lonnie "Guitar Junior" Brooks.
Born
in Itta
Bena, Mississippi,
Johnson moved to Chicago
with his family in
1955. During the
1960s, he performed with Magic
Sam. He performed in
Muddy
Waters' band from
1972 to 1980. In 1980, four of his songs were included in an
anthology
released by Alligator
Records.
That same year he
appeared as a member of the Legendary
Blues Band, backing
John
Lee Hooker in the
movie The
Blues Brothers.
Johnson
moved to the East Coast and began fronting his own band, the Magic
Rockers.
His "Walkin' the
Dog" was recorded live at the Montreux
Festival's Blues
Night. He won a Grammy
Award in 1985 for
Best
Traditional Blues Album for
his part in Blues Explosion. He recorded three albums released by
Telarc
Records: Slammin’
on the West Side (1996), Got to Find a Way (1998), and Talkin' About
Soul (2001). He also performed on three albums by the Nighthawks.
Johnson
lived in Antrim,
New Hampshire for
many years but moved to Florida
in
2017. He died on December 25, 2022, at the age of 83 and is survived
by his wife, Lottie.
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