Willie Brown

Perhaps one of the most influential of the first Delta blues guitarists, Willie Dark brown was arguably the quintessential accompanist of his period, most notably support legends including Charley Patton and Boy House. Delivered August 6, 1900 in Clarksdale, MS, Dark brown was an impacting singer and a fantastic guitarist, but spent almost all his career being a sideman, along with his capability to “second” various other players very much celebrated among his peers. Furthermore to executing alongside Robert Johnson, he made an appearance on lots of the seminal edges cut by Patton between 1929 and 1934, including a renowned 1930 Paramount label program that also yielded two from the three existing Dark brown solo slashes, “M & O Blues” and “Upcoming Blues,” aswell as materials with barrelhouse pianist Louise Johnson. His last solo efficiency, “Make Me a Pallet on to the floor,” comes from a 1941 Alan Lomax Library of Congress field documenting; through the same program, Dark brown also backed Boy House. (In regards to to Brown’s very own discography, it ought to be observed that among blues scholars there is certainly some debate within the origins of the 1929 track known as “Rowdy Blues”; acknowledged to one Child Bailey, it’s thought in a few quarters that it’s in fact Dark brown under an assumed name, while some contend that he simply played second acoustic guitar on the day instead.) Small to there is nothing known of Brown’s old age, and he passed away in Tunica, MS on Dec 30, 1952.