Rolling Fork, Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States
Died
11 November 2014 (aged 75)
Bluesman Johnny Dyer (Dec.7,1938 - Nov.13, 2014) ….R.I.P. Johnny Dyer was born on Dec.7,1938 and spent some time growing up on the Stovall Plantation in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where blues patriarch Muddy Waters was raised by his grandmother. One day when he was seven years old, Johnny found a lost harmonica and fell in love with the instrument. He remembers practicing under his bed at night, thinking that his mother wouldn't be able to hear him. Later he began practicing out in the same fields where Muddy once labored. Although Dyer tried various other instruments lik… read more
Bluesman Johnny Dyer (Dec.7,1938 - Nov.13, 2014) ….R.I.P. Johnny Dyer was born on Dec.7,1938 and spent some time growing up on the Stovall Plantation in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where blues patriarch Muddy Waters was raised by his grandmother. One day when he was seven years old, John… read more
Bluesman Johnny Dyer (Dec.7,1938 - Nov.13, 2014) ….R.I.P. Johnny Dyer was born on Dec.7,1938 and spent some time growing up on the Stovall Plantation in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, where blues patriarch Muddy Waters was raised by his grandmother. One day when he was seven years old, Johnny found a lost harmonica and fell in love with the instrument. He remem… read more