Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton

Willie “Poor Boy” Lofton

American singer

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Willie "Poor Boy" Lofton was an American Delta blues singer-guitarist. He recorded eight sides for Decca Records and Bluebird Records, adopting a style strikingly similar to Tommy Johnson's. Lofton never achieved much commercial success or recognition in his lifetime, but his rendition of Johnson's "Big Road Blues" has been revitalized on compilation albums.

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