John Littlejohn

John Littlejohn

John Littlejohn

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Top Songs

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Caravan Mambo
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Howling Wolf Blues
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Shake Rattle & Roll
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Screamin' and Cryin'
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Hip Shakin'

Albums

  • Caravan Mambo

    Sep 2023 • 1 song

  • Slide 'Em on Down

    May 2022 • 36 songs

  • Funky From Chicago

    Jun 2011 • 10 songs

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John Littlejohn

Biography

John Littlejohn's stunning mastery of the slide guitar somehow never launched him into the major leagues of bluesdom. Only on a handful of occasions was the Chicago veteran's vicious bottleneck attack captured effectively on wax, but anyone who experienced one of his late-night sessions as a special musical guest on the Windy City circuit will never forget the crashing passion in his delivery. Delta-bred John Funchess first heard the blues just before he reached his teens at a fish fry where a friend of his father's named Henry Martin was playing guitar. He left home in 1946, ...
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