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They cut four sides, with Estes doing the vocals and guitar and Rachell and Jones accompanying him on mandolin and piano. One side was Diving Duck Blues, Estes’ version of the old folk ditty, and Rye Whiskey, that has become a blues standard.
Recorded on Victor and Decca in the 1920s and 30s, Sleepy John Estes was a leading exponent of the Memphis blues style. These recordings capture the distinctive sound of Yank Rachel's legato mandolin lines and Jab Jones' rhythmic piano accompaniment, as well as Estes' skill at singing the …
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 - Diving Duck Blues. elpanchito421. 378 subscribers. 384. 62K views 14 years ago. ...more. Recorded September 26th 1929 for Victor Records.Sleepy John Estes - guitar, vocalsYank ...
8 de oct. de 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.
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.
Sleepy John Estes - Blues Foundation. The songs of Sleepy John Estes constituted a poetic, personal and insightful body of work that both portrayed and transcended the everyday troubles, hardships, and meager pleasures of life in Brownsville, Tennessee.
