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Sleepy John Estes

Sleepy John Estes has been played on NTS shows including The Head Zone w/ Ripley Johnson, with Some Day Baby first played on 3 September 2018.

John Adam Estes (born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, January 25, 1899 — Brownsville, Haywood County, Tennessee, June 5, 1977) best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist.

In 1915, Estes' father, a sharecropper who also played some guitar, moved the family to Brownsville, Tennessee. Not long after, Estes lost the sight of his right eye when a friend threw a rock at him during a baseball game. At the…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Some Day Baby
The Original “Sleepy John” Estes
Ebony Records0
Some Day Baby
The Original “Sleepy John” EstesEbony Records0
Discogs
Drop Down Mama
Sleepy John Estes
Orbis1996
Drop Down Mama
Sleepy John EstesOrbis1996
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The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes
RBF Records1964
The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John EstesRBF Records1964
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Milk Cow Blues
Sleepy John Estes
Delmar Records1963
Milk Cow Blues
Sleepy John EstesDelmar Records1963
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