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Johnny "Man" Young
Rare studio footage of Johnny "Man" Young, curated from across the internet. Browse 5 clips below.
Studio footage is the holy grail for music fans. Watching an artist build a song from scratch — layering tracks, debating arrangements, experimenting with sounds — is as close as you can get to witnessing the creative act itself. These clips pull back the curtain on recordings that millions of people know by heart, showing the work, the accidents, and the decisions that made them what they are.
American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, born: January 1, 1918 in Vicksburg, Mississippi, died: April 18, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. Young's nickname, Johnny "Man" Young, came from his use of the mandolin. During his career he played with Carl Martin, Charles McCoy, Yank Rachell, Robert Nighthawk, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Walter Horton, Otis Spann, among others.
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