Johnny Jones

Guitarist and singer/songwriter Johnny Jones wrote and sang about thoroughly modern themes in a tradition-based blues style. The Nashville-based Jones was one of a handful of veteran, virtuoso bluesmen who were local heroes on the Nashville blues scene, which has been surprisingly healthy given Nashville's legacy as a home for country music. Jones was born in 1936 and moved to Memphis at age 13. He moved with his mother to Chicago in the early '50s, in time to learn from and share stages with the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. For a time, Jones shared an apartment wi...