13 Facts About Johnny Rawls

Johnny Rawls was born on September 10,1951 and is an American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter, and record producer.

Johnny Rawls has been nominated many times for a Blues Music Award, and at the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Rawls' album, I'm Still Around, was named as the 'Soul Blues Album of the Year'.

Johnny Rawls was taught the rudiments of guitar playing by his blind grandfather, and played the saxophone and clarinet in high school in Purvis, Mississippi.

Luckett, and he and Johnny Rawls jointly released two albums including the 1994 album, Can't Sleep At Night, on Rooster Blues.

Johnny Rawls produced and played guitars on Willie Cobbs 1995 album 'Down To Earth'.

Johnny Rawls appeared on the cover of the Living Blues magazine in April 2002, where he was described as "a soul-blues renaissance man".

Johnny Rawls has performed several times at the Chicago Blues Festival and regularly at music festivals each year in the US and Canada.

Johnny Rawls has toured Europe on many occasions as well as in Japan and Australia.

Johnny Rawls has been honored, along with Little Milton and Tyrone Davis, with a Blues Trail Marker in Hattiesburg.

The title song of Rawls 2009 album, Ace of Spades, was a tribute to his one time mentor, O V Wright.

In 2019, Johnny Rawls moved to Ohio's Third Street Cigar Records and since recorded four albums for the label, including I Miss Otis Clay, Where Have All The Soul Men Gone and Going Back To Mississippi.

Johnny Rawls is a prolific songwriter with over 100 of his songs recorded.

Johnny Rawls undertook co-production duties on all of his albums issued on Catfood Records, as well as on Barbara Carr's Keep The Fire Burning.