1. John Clyde Copeland was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer.
12 Facts About Johnny Copeland
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Johnny Copeland is the father of blues singer Shemekia Copeland.
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In 2017, Johnny Copeland was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
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Johnny Copeland's early recording career embraced blues, soul and rock and roll.
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Johnny Copeland recorded singles for Mercury, Golden Eagle and All Boy, amongst others.
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In New York he met a young record producer named Dan Doyle who was instrumental in getting Johnny Copeland signed with Rounder Records.
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Johnny Copeland played at the 1985 Montreux Jazz Festival, as a guest with Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble.
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Vaughan and Johnny Copeland performed the Bob Geddins song "Tin Pan Alley" together on Vaughan's compilation album Blues at Sunrise.
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Johnny Copeland played on the first edition of BRBF later that year.
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Johnny Copeland died, aged 60, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, in New York City, from complications of heart surgery for a heart transplanted six months earlier.
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Johnny Copeland was survived by his wife, son and two daughters.
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In 2017, Johnny Copeland was posthumously inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame.