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Johnny Copeland
United States • 1937-03-27 – 1997-07-03
Johnny Copeland is credited on 240 releases across 100 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
240
Pressings credited
100
Albums
8
Decades active
26
In collections
Biography
John Clyde Copeland (March 27, 1937 – July 3, 1997) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. In 1983, he was named Blues Entertainer of the Year by the Blues Foundation. He is the father of blues singer Shemekia Copeland. In 2017, Copeland was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
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Credited work
240 releases · 100 albums · active 1958–2025
- Performance · 420
- Other credits · 11
- Production · 6
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Montreux Jazz Festival · Union Studios, Munich · Soundport Studio · Blank Tape Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Showdown!
1985
Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985
2001
Solos, Sessions & Encores
2007
Blues At Sunrise
2000
Bringing It All Back Home
1985
The Soul Of O.V. Wright
Nickel And A Nail And Ace Of Spades And Everybody Knows The Best Of O.V. Wright
2021
S.R.V.
2000
Catch Up With The Blues
1993
Texas Twister
1983
Copeland Special
1981
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Philipp Fankhauser
- T-Bone Walker
- O. V. Wright
- Johnny Clyde Copeland
- The Solution (2)
- King David
- Bobby Bland
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