Willie James Lyons

b. 5 Dec 1938, Alabama, USA, d. 26 Dec 1980, Chicago, Illinois, USA. A western part Chicago blues guitarist within the 50s, Lyons worked well as an accompanist numerous performers, including Luther Allison, Jimmy Dawkins and Bobby Hurry. Unaccountably overlooked by Chicago record businesses, he was adopted by French blues fanatics within the 70s. He documented as an accompanist, produced a disappointing fifty percent recording, and in 1979 frequented European countries, where he documented his only complete album. This became the task of an excellent vocalist and guitarist, affected by B.B. Ruler and Freddie Ruler, ‘ T-Bone’ Walker and Lowell Fulson.