Sleepy John Estes
John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1900 – June 5, 1977), known as Sleepy John Estes, was an American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. His music influenced such artists as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin.
Genre: traditional-blues, memphis-blues, country-blues
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Top Tracks
- Time Is Drawing Near
- Rats In My Kitchen
- The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
- The Girl I Love
- Policy Man
- Working Man Blues
- Jailhouse Blues
- Mailman Blues
- Brownsville Blues
- Liquor Store Blues
- Airplane Blues
- Drop Down Mama
- Married Woman Blues
- Someday Baby Blues
- Down South Blues
- My Black Gal Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Ragged and Dirty Too Broken Hearted
- She Got Long Curly Hair, The Girl I Love
- Clean Up At Home - Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1959 - 1964
Albums (40)
- Blues Is Drawing Near (2024)
- Crying Out Loud - Sleepy John Estes Blues Chronicles (2023)
- The Blues Collective - Sleepy John Estes (2023)
- Easin' Back to Tennessee (2021)
- Tennessee Bluesman (2021)
- Rats in My Kitchen (2021)
- Sleepy John Estes; Singer-Songwriter, Volume 3: The Blues Legend (2020)
- Sleepy John Estes; Singer-Songwriter, Volume 2: Blues Master (2020)
- Instinctively the Blues - Sleepy John Estes (2020)
- Numero Uno Blues (2020)
- Drop Down (2019)
- Fall Into Deep Sleep With the Sounds of Nature (2017)
- Blues Music (2016)
- Clean Up At Home (2016)
- Need More Blues (2016)
- A Summer Sky Shines (2015)
- Your Music Around Me (2015)
- New Someday Baby (2015)
- Floating Bridge Blues (2015)
- Crying the Blues (2015)
- Hobo Jungle Blues (2015)
- Sleepy Blues (1970)
- Masterpieces Presents Sleepy John Estes: 10 Greatest Blues Hits (2014)
- Colours of Music History (Remastered) (2014)
- Live in Japan with Hammie Nixon (2014)
- Blues At Home 11 (2013)
- Just Sleepy John Estes (2013)
- ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 10 (2013)
- More Blues (2013)
- Blues Giants: Sleepy John Estes (2012)
- Blues Legends: Sleepy John Estes (2012)
- Rats in My Kitchen :The Legendary Sleepy John Estes (2012)
- Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Sleepy John Estes (2012)
- Drop Down Mama (1970)
- I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (2011)
- Liquor Store Blues (2011)
- Need More Blues - 1937 - 1941 (2010)
- Sleepy John Estes 1935-1938 (Blues for Ever) (2009)
- Blues Masters Vol. 24 (2009)
- Sleepy John Estes (1970)
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