Johnny Nicholas
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Johnny Nicholas, born in 1948, is an American blues musician whose career began in Rhode Island where he formed the band The Vikings to perform rhythm and blues covers and Rolling Stones songs. In the mid-1960s, he formed the Black Cat Blues Band, later forming the Boogie Brothers and moving to San Francisco in 1972 at the request of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. By 1974, Nicholas relocated to Chicago, collaborating with Big Walter Horton, Boogie Woogie Red, and Robert Lockwood Jr., and released his first single, "Too Many Bad Habits" (1974), for Blind Pig Records. Nicholas joined the band Asleep at the Wheel in 1978. In 1981, Nicholas and his wife began managing the Hill Top Café, a roadside restaurant near Fredericksburg, Texas. He returned to recording music in 1991, with his solo releases including Thrill on the Hill (1994) and several albums for Topcat Records.
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- Fresh Air
- Working in the Garden
- Wake Up Bobby
- Blue & Lonesome
- Sittin' on Top of the World
- Mandolin Boogie
- Prince Charming
- Backdoor Man
- My Rice Ain't Got No Gravy
- Looks Can Be Deceiving
- Roll on Mississippi
- Got the Train?
- Rock My Blues Away
- Bayou Blues
- Blues Came Fallin' Down
- Hellhound on My Trail by Walter Horton
- Gettin' Outta Town by Walter Horton
- Tomorrow Night
- Let's Go To Big Houston
- Sleeping With The Devil
- Blues Walk by Walter Horton
- Too Many Bad Habits by Walter Horton
- Careless Love by Walter Horton
- West Wind by Walter Horton
