Billiken Johnson

Billiken Johnson can be an interesting amount in early blues background, since he didn’t sing or play a musical instrument, yet he recorded at least 6 edges in the later ’20s. Johnson’s exclusive skill was his capability to imitate teach whistles and offer other vocal results, which produced him a favorite amount on-stage on the juke joint parts and taverns from the famed “Deep Ellum” region of Dallas, TX. Under his very own name he documented two monitors for Columbia Information (“Sunlight Beam Blues” and “Interurban Blues”) in Dallas on Dec 3, 1927, accompanied by two even more (“Frisco Blues” and “Crazy Jack port Blues”) a calendar year later on Dec 8, 1928. He’s also listed within a duet of kinds with Texas Costs Time on “Billiken’s Weary Blues” and “Elm Road Blues,” documented Dec 5, 1929, in Dallas and in addition released by Columbia.