Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi, United States
By Karl Kotas: http://www.metafilter.com/106986/William-Brown-Mississippi-Blues "William Brown was a man who recorded a handful of blues on Sadie Beck's Plantation on July 16, 1942 for Alan Lomax. Once thought to be the same man as the Willie Brown who played with Son House and Charley Patton–and was immortalized in Robert Johnson's Crossroad Blues–the consensus now is that William Brown was a different man, about whom we know next to nothing. Certainly, the handful of recordings we have that feature him supports this. The Willie Brown who recorded Future … read more
By Karl Kotas: http://www.metafilter.com/106986/William-Brown-Mississippi-Blues "William Brown was a man who recorded a handful of blues on Sadie Beck's Plantation on July 16, 1942 for Alan Lomax. Once thought to be the same man as the Willie Brown who played with Son House and Char… read more
By Karl Kotas: http://www.metafilter.com/106986/William-Brown-Mississippi-Blues "William Brown was a man who recorded a handful of blues on Sadie Beck's Plantation on July 16, 1942 for Alan Lomax. Once thought to be the same man as the Willie Brown who played with Son House and Charley Patton–and was immortalized in Robert Johnson's Crossroad… read more