John P. Hammond
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Biography
John Paul Hammond, born 13 November 1942 in Newâ¯York City, Newâ¯York, was an American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter and harmonist whose career spanned six decades. He began playing guitar in high school, influenced by Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall, and dropped out of Antioch College to pursue music. John Hammondâs breakthrough came with his 1963 debut album Johnâ¯Hammond on Vanguard Records, followed by Big City Blues (1964) and Countryâ¯Blues (1965), establishing him as one of the first white artists to record blues during the folk boom. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he released albums such as Mirrors (1967), Sooner or Later (1968), and the soundtrack Littleâ¯Bigâ¯Man (1971), collaborating with Jimiâ¯Hendrix, Ericâ¯Clapton, and The Band. In the 1990s and 2000s he issued Gotâ¯Loveâ¯Ifâ¯Youâ¯Wantâ¯It (1993), Wickedâ¯Grin (2001), Readyâ¯forâ¯Love (2003), and Roughâ¯&â¯Tough (2009), earning a Grammy nomination in 1985 and multiple Blues Music Awards, including Acoustic Artist of the Year in 2011. Hammond died of cardiac arrest on 28 February 2026 in Jersey City, Newâ¯Jersey, at age 83.
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- Nadine
- Sweet Little Angel
- I'm Ready
- I'm a Man
- Still a Fool
- Up the Line
- Memphis Town
- You Can't Judge A Book
- Big 45
- I'll Be In Your Arms Again
- Eyes Behind Your Head
- Heartache Blues
- Take A Fool's Advice
- You Know That's Cold
- Gypsy Woman
- Mr. Luck
- Diddly Daddy
- Thirty-Two Twenty Blues
- 2:19
- Malted Milk
- The Hoochie Coochie Man
- 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six
- Trucking Little Baby
- 32-20 Blues
