Willie Brown was born in 1899
in Shelby, Mississippi. He was an outstanding guitarist as well as
vocalist who had an enormous influence on the origination and development of
Delta blues. Brown performed regularly with blues legends Charley Patton, with whom he worked at
Dockery's Plantation,Son
House and Robert Johnson, and also backed Patton and House on
recordings. He is known as an accompanist rather than a soloist, although he
did record three extraordinary solo performances, "M & O Blues," "Make Me a
Pallet on the Floor," and "Future Blues". Later in his career he primarily
performed with Son House. Both Brown and House disappeared from the music
scene during the 1940s, and, sadly, Brown died in Tunica, Mississippi, 1952
before the blues revival of the 1960's, when many of his contemporaries were
rediscovered.
Willie Brown was born in 1899
in Shelby, Mississippi. He was an outstanding guitarist as well as
vocalist who had an enormous influence on the origination and development of
Delta blues. Brown performed regularly with blues legends