must have been a pimp, a guy thrown "palante" a man of the people in the big city where his dreams came true. He was the first band of Muddy Waters to start modern dress, the hair of African fashion in the photos but almost always appear with little or no hair, a small sunglasses and a visor, demonstrating proud to be black. Someone special with a tremendous voice rural, strong and powerful that allowed imagine him as a possible successor to Muddy. With it was between 1966 and 1970 and always be remembered most other Lut ero, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson who joined in 1973. His nicknames were several, "Georgia Boy", "Creepin 'S nake", "Snake Boy", "Georgia-Boy Snake" and "Snake Mouth", introduced the name Luther though truly Brinson called Lucius Johnson. born and n Davidsboro small village in Georgia on August 30, 1934 . His father played slide and he threw his teeth listening to guitarists when they sang in local gospel groups in the church on Sunday and played blues on Fridays and Saturdays. "Santa Claus, who was my mother left me my first guitar for Christmas. So I stopped picking cotton and heard about Muddy. My amb ition was playing with Muddy and my dreams have finally been fulfilled " would have to be already in Chicago. He learned to play guitar so self-taught.
In the 60's came to the c 
ITY wind sometimes working with Elmore James, Howlin 'Wolf and Junior Wells. Would record Little Luther and some singles that are rare, but today you can find, Checker "Twirl / Eenie Meenie Minie Moe " and Tarx " Doggi n 'Me / Automatic Baby" to end joining e n 1966 to the band of Muddy Waters and becoming the first on bass just as Jimmy Lee Morris left the group to return to work at the factory. The aspirations of "Snake Boy" were dealing with the guitar, something that was getting when Sammy Lawhorn was too drunk or Pee Wee Madison was angry with the group. His manner on stage were ta n "exciting" to Muddy kept sometimes three guitars at once. Johnson's fame on the danger that enclosed or things that were happening were common. Jimmy Lee Morris once said that "was scalded, his wife had thrown boiling some shit on your ass, bleach or alg or so and it burned up buddy .
seal Spivey, Victoria Spivey he had founded in New York along with Len Kunstadter, would record the group's two albums for Muddy Waters entitled "The Bluesmen of the Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band" in 1966, "" The Bluesmen of the Muddy Waters Blues Band Chicago Volume 2 "in 1968. The first had two songs on the guitar and voice were soloists Snake Boy, "Creepin 'Snake" and "Born In Georgia", while in the second solo album would show up as "Been Hurt." And in those songs find their way with the guitar that has captivated many of us, notes pre CISAS with two or three raises vibrant as you shrink to the chin.
When the guitar finally commissioned, Lawrence Sonny Wimberley bass player took over from coinciding with the return of SP Leary for his longest stay in the group, when Leary was very drunk then played Snake
the ba Muddy drums and guitar. His discography as a sideman in those years is quite significant. In 1966, with Waters' blues band, Big Mama would accompany Thornton in San Francisco for the public disk or Arhoolie, John Lee Hooker in the pseudo-"Live At The Cafe Au-Go-Go" and Otis Spann in "The Blues Is Where It's At." In 1967 Bob Messinger Muddy's manager, put the group in the study Douglas Alan having a small label with the same name for whom I had also recorded ndrix. As Muddy had a contract with Chess made him appear as a producer. 20 songs were recorded which resulted in two albums, "Chicken Shack" and "Mud In Your Ear" album which would lead vocals on "Long Distance Call" topic that starts the same way ends. First previously these particular sessions another disk ciparÃa Spann "The Bottom of The Blues "and in a session Montreal informal acoustic recorded by Michael Nuremberg and is published as" Muddy Waters & Friends. " In February of 1968 the band arrived in New York Waters. I was looking for a harmonica player and Snake Boy told him about a white boy who had an met at a show a couple of days before and had been presented in the clubhouse with a friend. His name was Paul Oscher. Le hi Cieron Muddy test and was very convinced of the capabilities of the young man who had just turned 18 years. After having heard the sound of the harmonica greasy, Johnson said "Has the child tone whore" , fairly common expression in the vocabulary of Snake Boy.
Video Muddy Waters with Luther Snake Boy and Paul Oscher in 1968 in Germany
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Paul Oscher said of him "Snake was dangerous, I saw him pointing a gun at the driver of a bus in the street 43. Snake had a $ 5 bill and wanted to climb. It was about 2 am, he and I alone. The driver said he had to have exact change, Snake held the gun, driving son of a bitch. The driver gave the beams, the police were there and imprisoned him. Just like that happened ". Another story occurred in New York was a result of the oppression that produced the big city. Walking through Washington Square Park tried to remedy his paranoia and removing the pistol fired at the feet of Leary. "Baila teen slut" said. On the other hand, their attitudes to flirt in bars were infamous "I can kiss you there? And touched the big toe foot. "I can kiss you here? And he touched her knee ". Was to the point and should not end badly for these adventures.
would travel to Europe in 1968 having been recorded in LP some of the performances: a concert by the BBC program, a live in Paris and the appearance on the Montreux Festival. It would also have a new partnership with Spann for the album "Cryin 'Time." Bob Margolin was beginning to become known to Muddy Waters although officially in the band come to relieve Sammy Lawhorn in the early 70's. Margolin met Johnson and reminded him that made endless songs Wilson Pickett "Do not Knock My Love" and originals of the soul as "Give My Check" or "Pull Out Your False theeth, Baby, I Want To Suck On Your Gums ."
abandon Johnson Muddy Waters in 1970 and established his own in Boston riding several bands, surrounding himself with musicians of the scene as the harmonica Bostonian "Chicago" Bob Nelson (nickname he had was Muddy much given to this aspect, such as "Georgia Boy" Johnson because he was always talking about that as I had the money would go to Georgia to visit his mother), although more lasting group with the most they interpenetrate and with whom he recorded two albums was formed by Tony Cagnita on harmonica, "Killer" Carter on bass and guitarist Mark "Frisco" Evangelos from which we have informally that Muddy would hire him and he refused to what
that Margolin was then chosen. If you listen to two albums with this band "They Call Me The Snake" (I was in prison for possessing a knife and drunkenness, and its manager Harry Chickles and Ray Townley of Muse Records who paid the deposit) and " Down To The Nitty Gritty "with virtually the same roster recorded in two different radio stations, you realize the connection between Frisco and Snake Boy Carter funky roll, amazing songs, envelopes, sharp and forceful as "Woman Do not Lie" " Take It Off Him and Put It On Me "or" Down To The Nitty Gritty. " would record in France in 1972 with pianist Sonny Thompson, Emmett Sutton on bass, Bill Warren on drums and Dusty Brown on harmonica, the album "Born In Georgia", demonstrating his versatility in three songs and acoustic slide duet with Johnny Shines. In return, he collaborated on three tem
disk Shines as "Chicago Blues Festival 1972" also recorded in France. "On The Road Again" would be a continuation of the first, recorded the months of November and December of that same year with a guitar Shines threatening, passionate and deep midway between Waters and Hooker. And in 1975, "They Call Me The Pop Corn Man" for Black & Blue, in Paris, somewhat daunting pieces such as "Lonesome In My Bedroom" accompanied by a stellar band, with musicians such as Lonnie Brooks, Dave Myers, Willie Mabon and Fred Below. his band in Boston reference got rid of health problems and Johnson Frisco and back to normal musical activity reemprenderÃa with new members such as Mark Baker to the guitar and Chris Stovall Brown on harmonica. However, the March 18, 1976 died of cancer in Boston, when was not yet 42. This is a home video to be heard this ashbeast
Luther Snake Boy Johnson \\ "Take It Off Him and Put it of Me
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