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	Trail of the Hellhound: Sleepy John Estes
		Born January 25, 1904, in Ripley, Tennessee, Sleepy John Estes was one of a sharecropping family of ten.
		Estes was rediscovered in 1962 during the blues revival that revived the careers of Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, and Skip James.
		Sleepy John Estes died June 5, 1977, and is buried at Durhamville Baptist Church in Durhamville, Tennessee.
	www.cr.nps.gov /delta/blues/people/sleepyjohn_estes.htm (760 words)

	Estes "The Legend Of"
		John Estes is not a forgotten man of the past - not a name on vintage record labels, but a flesh-and-blood reality still able to sing as well as ever, still writing blues poetry, and playing better guitar than in former years.
		A full biography of Sleepy John Estes cannot be presented here but his own lyric "I was born in Lowry County--Schooled in Winfield Lane" tells part of the story.
		Sleepy John Estes sings with a depth of feeling and emotional thrust that can only be described, as Big Bill did, as "crying the blues." While singing, John recalls the personal experiences that are mirrored in his lyrics, which are usually of his own composition.
	www.delmark.com /delmark.603.htm (1230 words)

	Mississippi John Hurt and the Delta Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		John was not a real blues man but was a collector of popular songs who arranged them to entertain his neighbors on Saturday evenings.
		John was 70 years old at the time and died only 3 years after these recordings were made.
		John tells some stories during the performance and I highly recommend this CD and it is an absolute must if you enjoy live recordings.
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	John Adam Estes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		John Adam Estes is born in Ripley, Tennessee, on 25 January 1899 and in 1915 he moves to Brownsville.
		John is working regularly in brownsville with hamonica player Hammie Nixon.
		John's first album The Legend of Sleepy John Estes is released on Koester's Delmark record label in 1962 and two years later he play the Newport Folk Festival and visits Europe.
	www.john-meekings.co.uk /jestes.html (268 words)

	Sleepy John Estes : The Legend of Sleepy John Estes - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Sleepy John Estes : The Legend of Sleepy John Estes
		In the late '50s Sleepy John Estes wasn't nearly as visible as he had been before and during World War II -- in fact, he had become so obscure that some historians wondered if he had died.
		But the blues veteran was still very much alive, and in 1962 a 63-year-old Estes (some claimed he was 58 or 57) made an impressive comeback with The Legend of Sleepy John Estes.
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	The Memphis Flyer: Music - June 11, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The details of Estes’ early life are vague; he was born either in Brownsville or nearby Ripley in either 1899 or 1904, depending on whom you believe.
		It was in Memphis that John Estes acquired the nickname Sleepy; he worked in a train yard where he was noted for falling asleep on the job, a situation that was later attributed to a blood-pressure condition.
		Organizers of the Sleepy John Estes memorial are currently making an effort to track down royalties due on his recordings.
	www.memphisflyer.com /backissues/issue486/mus486.htm (1329 words)

	Estes "Brownsville Blues" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Estes was brought to Chicago for an exploratory recording session.
		On March 24, 1962 Sleepy John recorded most of the songs on this album including six previously unissued tracks not on the original LP release of Brownsville Blues.
		Here is the legendary country blues artist Sleepy John Estes singing as well as ever, still writing blues poetry, and playing guitar better than in former years.
	www.delmark.com /delmark.613.htm (202 words)

	SLEEPY JOHN ESTES
		Another bluesman associated with Sleepy was John Lee Williamson who gained his nickname 'Sonny Boy' while hanging around with Sleepy and his friends as a teenager in Tennessee - a place Sleepy can be heard hankering after in Easin' Back to Tennessee.
		Estes sometimes gently alludes to a nefarious side of this world which he was not likely allowed to go into in any
		Estes is given another chance at life, however his ordeal is not over as he re-lives the horror of this experience,
	www.oafb.net /onceblu2.html (946 words)

	Sleepy John Estes MP3 Downloads - Sleepy John Estes Music Downloads - Sleepy John Estes Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Nicknamed "Sleepy" John Estes, supposedly because of his ability to sleep standing up, he teamed with mandolinist Yank Rachell and harmonica player Hammie Nixon to play the houseparty circuit in and around Brownsville in the early '20s.
		Never an outstanding guitarist, Estes relied on his expressive voice to carry his music, and the recordings he made from 1929 on have enormous appeal and remain remarkably accessible today.
		In terms of his musical skill, the sheer size of his repertoire, the length and variety of his career and his influence on contemporaries and musicians who would follow, Big Bill Broonzy is among a...
	www.mp3.com /sleepy-john-estes/artists/284/biography.html (436 words)

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		Mississippi John Hurt was the next artist that made a big impression on me live, and I got to meet him and see him a number of times.
		No, none at all, so he was at a distinct disadvantage in terms of the ability to generate press and legendry, compared to a John Hurt or a Son House or a Skip James, although he was very much on top of his music.
		John was already a bit famous, or notorious [laughs] in some circles.
	www.bluesnet.hub.org /readings/evans.interview.html (8713 words)

	Sleepy John Estes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Not all his experiences were as traumatic as these, he certainly knew about liquor and women and was happy to sing about the good as well as the bad.
		Sleepy John's songs offer glimpses into the life of the poor fl community in which he lived and worked for most of his life.
		Like many of the pre-war bluesmen his early career died of during the war (Shellac rationing and a ban on recording in 1942 curtailed many a career) only to be restarted when discovered living in poverty in 1962.
	bluesnet.hub.org /artists/sleepyjohnestes.html (438 words)

	Archie Edwards Biography - Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation - Washington's Home of the Piedmont Blues
		(One of his classmates was John Tinsley, who became a fine Piedmont guitarist in his own right.) Edwards and his brother James went to work in a nearby saw mill.
		He also had a fondness for Barbecue Bob, Frank Hutchinson, Sleepy John Estes, and Buddy Moss (or "all those old-timey dudes", as he used to put it).
		Most of these he learned from his father, but John Hurt, live and on record, was another source; he learned Monday Morning Blues from Hurt.
	www.acousticblues.com /archie_edwards.html (1836 words)

	CD review: "I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More"
		One of the most accessible of the traditional country blues musicians, Sleepy John Estes had a beautiful voice and warm sound on guitar.
		Estes' genius as composer is evidenced, at least in part, by the fact that although the latest of these tracks is a half-century old and Estes is accompanied only by his own guitar, all sound as contemporary as any song you'd hear in a blues club tonight.
		Also, many of the titles here will be familiar from covers by other artists, especially "Milk Cow Blues" and "Someday Baby Blues" (often recorded under the title "Worried Life Blues").
	www.trageser.com /archive/music/album-estes.html (199 words)

	Amazon.com: Someday Baby: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		This fine Indigo CD is the only Sleepy John Estes collection to rival Yazoo's (much more expensive) "I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More", and even though the Yazoo CD has better liner notes, "Someday Baby" is still a very fine purchase.
		He usually recorded with a jug band, which gave his music a great variety of textures...mandolin player James "Yank" Rachell and harpist Hammie Nixon are prominent on most of these songs, and Estes is occationally backed by piano and second guitar as well.
		John Estes' music swings with a loose, relaxed feel that isn't heard on many prewar blues records, and it is some of the most melodic acoustic blues you'll ever hear.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002XTM?v=glance (512 words)

	ESTES, Sleepy John : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		ESTES, Sleepy John : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music
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		Often worked outside music; sang in the street, at house parties etc; hoboed through the South; with Rev. Gary Davis, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Skip James and a few others he lived long enough and was still vigorous enough to work festivals, tour Europe, make film/TV documentaries incl.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/e/E42.HTM (200 words)

	Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin's Influences - Turn Me On, Dead Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"Moby Dick" is a showcase for John Bonham's drumming and Led Zeppelin used this song in concert to give Bonham the spotlight for an extended drum solo.
		Sleepy John Estes - I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More, 1929-1941
		'The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair by Sleepy John Estes is included on Led Astray and The Early Blues Roots of Led Zeppelin.
	www.turnmeondeadman.net /Zep/MobyDick.html (164 words)

	"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74 June 5 in History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74 June 5 in History
		"Sleepy" John Estes, rocker (Electric), dies at 74
		Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1977/june_5_1977_149738.html (49 words)

	Sleepy John Estes at Blues With A Feeling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Legend of Sleepy John Estes [Delmark 603, 1962] with Hammie Nixon, Johnny Parker
		Someday Baby: The Essential Recordings of Sleepy John Estes [Indigo 2041, November 1996] with Son Bonds, Robert Lee McCoy, Hammie Nixon, Yank Rachell
		Gus Cannon and His Jug Stompers / Sleepy John Estes with Yank Rachell and Noah Lewis:
	hotburrito.20m.com /blues/johnestes.html (442 words)

	Sleepy John Estes - Newport Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Never before released 1964 session with Yank Rachell (mandolin, guitar, piano and one vocal) and Hammie Nixon (harmonica, jug and two vocals).
		Sleepy John Estes' Newport Folk Festival appearance was so successful that it woke him up!
		This is the first new album of Sleepy John Estes recordings issued on Delmark since 1969.
	www.delmark.com /delmark.639.htm (121 words)

	eBay - sleepy john estes, CDs, Records items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		SLEEPY JOHN ESTES Broke And Hungry DELMARK LP
		Sleepy John Estes "Broke And Hungry" RARE MONO LP
		HAMMIE NIXON, SLEEPY JOHN ESTES - THE LEGEND...
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	Paul Oliver Tribute
		John Godrich and I had been collaborating on blues and gospel discography since about 1958.
		In September 1961 I was visiting London for a few weeks and Paul suggested that John and I should undertake a blues and gospel discography.
		I had grown up with pop music and tales of teen angst and here was someone singing with passion and brutal honesty about the situation he, and so many other African-Americans found themselves in.
	www.bluesworld.com /PAULOLIVER.HTML (6468 words)

	In Europe by Estes, Sleepy John CD
		Personnel: Sleepy John Estes (vocals, guitar); Hammie Nixon (harmonica, jug).
		Recorded live in London, England on October 24, 1964 & Copenhagen, Denmark on October 9, 1964.
		Dirty Linen (4-5/00, p.69) - "...IN EUROPE is a rewarding record that revisits early successes like 'Drop Down Mama' and shows Estes hadn't lost his penchant for topical songs with 'Denmark Blues' and 'Blues for JFK'..." Living Blues (1-2/00, pp.94-5) - "...an elemental craftsman....this is an appropriate tribute to a beloved bluesman..."
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1187032/a/In+Europe.htm (298 words)

	Tank Rachell, Sleepy John Estes and Jim Dickinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Fourth Annual Memphis Country Blues Festival, held in June 1969, was the first reunion in 30+ years of Yank Rachell and Sleepy John Estes, blues artists who recorded a number of popular sides for Victor in 1929.
		Left: Sleepy John Estes during an October, 1969, recording session in Memphis.
		Below: Memphis Piano Red and Mike Stewart (Backwards Sam Firk) visit Sleepy John and family at home in Brownsville, Tennessee.
	www.adelphirecords.com /video/YankSleepy.html (158 words)

	Sleepy john estes albums, promos, bootlegs, maxis, singles
		Sleepy john estes albums, promos, bootlegs, maxis, singles
		Here you can find all music from Sleepy john estes ever released.
		This dicography may contain Bootlegs, Cd singles, CD maxis and vinyl releases.
	www.atmosphere.be /releases/sleepy_john_estes (343 words)

	Legend Of Sleepy John Estes by Estes, Sleepy John CD
		Legend Of Sleepy John Estes by Estes, Sleepy John CD Artist
		Personnel: Sleepy John Estes (vocals, guitar); Hammie Nixon (harmonica); John "Knocky" Parker (piano); Ed Wilkinson (bass).
		Remember to focus your comments on Legend Of Sleepy John Estes CD.
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	CMT.com : Sleepy John Estes : Biography
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	JR.com: Sleepy John Estes - Broke And Hungry in Music: Country Blues: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		JR.com: Sleepy John Estes - Broke And Hungry in Music: Country Blues:
		Personnel: Sleepy John Estes (vocals, guitar); Yank Rachell (guitar, mandolin); Mike Bloomfield (guitar); Hammie Nixon (harmonica).
		I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More 1929-1941 In Europe Someday Baby Blues [Digipak] Brownsville Blues Electric Sleep The Legend Of Sleepy John Estes Someday Baby: The Essential Recordings Of Goin' To Brownsville The Essential Newport Blues Working Man's Blues Complete Recorded Works Vol.
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	Shock Records - SLEEPY JOHN ESTES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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	CMT.com : Sleepy John Estes : Artist Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		CMT.com : Sleepy John Estes : Artist Main
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	Second Hand Songs - Artist: Sleepy John Estes
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