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Joe Willie Wilkins, born January 7, 1923 (or 1921) in Davenport, Mississippi, died March 28, 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, was an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He played with Sonny Boy Williamson (2) and Robert Lockwood Jr. in the 1930s-1940s, and beginning in 1951-1952 was heard backing artists such as Arthur Crudup, Willie Love, Willie Nix, and Sonny Boy Williamson recorded for...
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