Jack Owens (blues singer)
- Jack Owens (blues singer)
Jack Owens (c. November 17 1904[ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gvfrxqugldke~T1 All Music Guide biography] ] - February 9 1997 [ [http://users.efortress.com/doc-rock/1996.html Dead Rock Stars Club] ] ) was a Delta blues singer and guitarist from Bentonia, Mississippi, United States. Born L. F. Nelson, Owens was never a professional recording artist, but he farmed, bootlegged and ran a weekend juke joint in Bentonia for most of his life. He was not recorded until the blues revival of the 1960s, being rediscovered by David Evans in 1966, who was led to him by either Skip James or Cornelius Bright. Evans recorded Owen's first album "Goin' Up the Country" that same year and "It Must Have Been the Devil" (with Bud Spires) in 1970. He made other registrations (some by Alan Lomax) in the 1960s and 1970s, and performed at several music festivals in the United States and Europe until his death in 1997.]Owens shared many elements of his guitar style and repertoire with fellow Bentonian Skip James, utilizing open D-minor tuning (DADFAD). He was often accompanied on harmonica by his friend Bud Spires.
He died, at the age of 92 in Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Films
*"Deep Blues" (1991) - Directed by Robert Mugge.
References
External links
* [http://www.hutten.org/rob/writing/remembering_jack.html Remembering Jack Owens]
* [http://www.wirz.de/music/owens.htm Illustrated Jack Owens discography]
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