Johnny Shines

Johnny Nedlee (or Ned Lee) Shines Jr. (1915–1992) was a pioneering blues musician whose work bridged the Delta blues tradition and the emerging urban, electric blues sound. Shines spent his final two decades in Holt, Tuscaloosa County, just outside the city of Tuscaloosa.

Portrait of Johnny Shines, Alabama blues musician
Photo courtesy of Jacksonville State University

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Portrait of Johnny Shines, Alabama blues musician