Chicago blues legend Jimmy Johnson died Monday. He was 93.
“Husband, Father, Brother, Mentor and Friend, Jimmy was an Incredible Man who Lived an Extraordinary Life. Jimmy was Kind, Generous, Funny, Bright, Loving, Cleaver, and Exceptionally Talented,” a message on
Johnson wrote in a mini-autobiography that he was born Nov. 25, 1928, as the first boy of 10 children with one older sister. Johnson wrote that he went to Memphis when he was 16 and worked odd jobs in construction and digging ditches. He later received a postcard from his uncle in Chicago, who was coming for a visit back in Mississippi and invited Johnson to move to Chicago with him afterward.
“I finally had money, real money, a nice car, good clothes and at the age of 28 had the great pleasure of buying my first guitar,” he wrote.
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