Luther Snake Boy Johnson They Call Me the Popcorn Man(blues)(mp3@320)]rogercc]

Luther Snake Boy Johnson - They Call Me The Popcorn Man
Released : 1 July , 2002)
Label: Black & Blue
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Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson (August 30, 1934 – March 18, 1976 ) was an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was also known as Luther "Snake" Johnson or Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, and was otherwise billed as both Luther King and Little Luther (under the latter he recorded for Chess Records in the 1960s).
He is not to be confused with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson.
He was born Lucious Brinson in Davisboro, Georgia, United States. He was raised on a farm and taught himself to play guitar.
After service in the US Army up to 1953, Johnson played guitar with a local gospel group called the Milwaukee Supreme Angels. However, he graduated towards blues and set up his own trio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before relocating to Chicago, Illinois in the early 1960s.[1][3] He backed Elmore James prior to his death, and in 1964, released a solo single on the Chess Records label entitled "The Twirl", billed as Little Luther. He then joined Muddy Waters backing band in 1966. Johnson worked with various musicians over this period, including Chicago Bob Nelson, before recording his debut album, Come on Home in 1969.
In 1970, Johnson moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and found work on the blues festival and college circuits for the next few years.[1] Black & Blue Records released Johnson's Born in Georgia in 1972, and this was followed by Chicken Shack (1974), Lonesome in My Bedroom (1975), and the final album issued in his lifetime, Get Down to the Nitty Gritty (1976).
Johnson died of cancer in Boston in March 1976, aged 41. He was interred at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan, Massachusetts.


TrackList:
01. Lonesome In My Bedroom
02. Little Queenie
03. They Call Me The Popcorn Man
04. Honey Bee
05. Rock Me Slow And Easy
06. Long Distance Call
07. Hush Hush
08. She's My Babe
09. Jammin' With Willie
10. Please Don't Take My Baby Nowhere
11. Please Give Me That Love
12. They Call Me The Popcorn Man
13. Got My Mojo Working

Recorded 18 December 1975 in Paris France

Luther Johnson – vocals,guitar
Willie Mabon – piano (except track 10)
Little Mac Simmons- harmonica (except track 10)
Lonnie Brooks – guitar (except tracks 4, 7and 10)
Hubert Sumlin – guitar (tracks 4 and 7 )
Dave Myers- bass (except track 10)
Fred Below- drums (except track 10)