Dirty Blues Queen: Lil Johnson

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Dirty Blues Queen: Lil Johnson

Lil Johnson was a blues singer largely lost to the history of music. She was active in the industry during the mid-1920s and into the late 1930s. What she is best known her brand of hokum or dirty blues. Basically, comedic, raunchy blues based around sexual innuendo. Career and Recordings of Lil Johnson In 1929, Lil Johnson headed to Chicago and recorded five tunes. There was […]

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