Johnny Copeland

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Don't Stop by the Creek, Son 00:00 Tools
Claim Jumper 00:00 Tools
Copeland Special 00:00 Tools
Blues Ain't Nothin' 00:00 Tools
Texas Party 00:00 Tools
Same Thing 00:00 Tools
Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat 00:00 Tools
Houston 00:00 Tools
Down On Bending Knees 00:00 Tools
Johnny Gone 00:00 Tools
I Was Born All Over 00:00 Tools
Down on Bended Knee 00:00 Tools
Rock Me Baby 00:00 Tools
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 00:00 Tools
Honky Tonkin' 00:00 Tools
Down On Bended Knees 02:53 Tools
Tumblin' Dice 00:00 Tools
Sufferin' City 00:00 Tools
When the Rain Starts Fallin' 00:00 Tools
Nobody But You 00:00 Tools
Every Dog's Got His Day 00:00 Tools
Everybody Wants a Piece of Me 00:00 Tools
Rolling With The Punches 00:00 Tools
Catch Up With The Blues 00:00 Tools
Bozalimalamu 00:00 Tools
Cut Off My Right Arm 00:00 Tools
Big Time 00:00 Tools
Just One More Time 00:00 Tools
Mama Told Me 00:00 Tools
Devil's Hand 00:00 Tools
Rain 00:00 Tools
Ghetto Child 00:00 Tools
I De Go Now 00:00 Tools
Kasavubu 00:00 Tools
It's My Own Tears 00:00 Tools
I Wish I Was Single 00:00 Tools
There's A Blessing 00:00 Tools
Cold, Cold Winter 00:00 Tools
Greater Man 00:00 Tools
Flyin' High (Yesterday) 00:00 Tools
Old Man Blues 00:00 Tools
Please Let Me Know 00:00 Tools
Let Me Cry 00:00 Tools
Daily Bread 00:00 Tools
It's My Own Tears That's Being 00:00 Tools
I'm Creepin' 00:00 Tools
Making A Fool Of Myself 00:00 Tools
Sufferin' City - Single Version 00:00 Tools
No Puppy Love 00:00 Tools
Heebie Jeebies 00:00 Tools
Working Man's Blues 00:00 Tools
Love Utopia 00:00 Tools
Abidjan 00:00 Tools
Bye, Bye Baby 00:00 Tools
Life's Rainbow (Nature Song) 00:00 Tools
I can tell 00:00 Tools
Coming To See About You 00:00 Tools
Wizard Of Art 00:00 Tools
Natural Born Believer 00:00 Tools
Dedicated To The Greatest 00:00 Tools
Another Man's Wife 00:00 Tools
May The Best Man Win 00:00 Tools
I Got A Love 00:00 Tools
Soul Power 00:00 Tools
Hear What I Said 00:00 Tools
Baby Please Don't Go 00:00 Tools
Ain't Nobody's Business 00:00 Tools
Excuses 00:00 Tools
Hold On To What You Got 00:00 Tools
The Jungle 00:00 Tools
The Grammy Song 00:00 Tools
Monkey On My Back 00:00 Tools
Promised Myself 00:00 Tools
Late Hours 00:00 Tools
Pedal To The Metal 00:00 Tools
I Need You Now 00:00 Tools
Cold Outside 00:00 Tools
Ready, Willing, And Able 00:00 Tools
Provin' Time 00:00 Tools
We Love Walking On The Wild Side 00:00 Tools
Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) [Live][#] 00:00 Tools
San Antone 00:00 Tools
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) - Live 00:00 Tools
Wella Wella Baby 00:00 Tools
I Was Born To Love You 00:00 Tools
Love Song 00:00 Tools
Hooked, Hog-Tied & Collared 00:00 Tools
Ngote 00:00 Tools
Slow Walk You Down 00:00 Tools
I Wasm Born to Love You 00:00 Tools
Working Man Blues 00:00 Tools
Dear Mother 00:00 Tools
Thigpen (Cornball) 00:00 Tools
T-Bone Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Wake Up Little Susie 00:00 Tools
Circumstances 00:00 Tools
Drinking New York City Dry 00:00 Tools
Tumblin' Dice (feat. The Yahoos, Derek Trucks, & Shemekia Copeland) 00:00 Tools
Around The World 00:00 Tools
Ain't Nothin' But A Party 00:00 Tools
It's Me 00:00 Tools
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place in Town) 00:00 Tools
It's My Own Tears That's Bein' Wasted 00:00 Tools
Midnight Fantasy 00:00 Tools
Blues Ain't Nothing 00:00 Tools
You Must Believe In Yourself 00:00 Tools
Your Game Is Working 00:00 Tools
Gonna Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat 00:00 Tools
Ready, Willing and Able 00:00 Tools
Jungle Swing 00:00 Tools
Learned My Lessons 00:00 Tools
I'll Be Around 00:00 Tools
St. Louis Blues 00:00 Tools
North Carolina 00:00 Tools
Learned My Lesson 00:00 Tools
I've Gotta Go Home 00:00 Tools
The Hip Hop 00:00 Tools
You've Got Me Singing a Love Song 00:00 Tools
Stealing 00:00 Tools
Four Dried Beans 00:00 Tools
I Got to Go Home 00:00 Tools
Look on Yonder Wall 00:00 Tools
Third Party 00:00 Tools
Jessanne 00:00 Tools
Workin' Man's Blues 00:00 Tools
Love Her With a Feeling 00:00 Tools
If Love Is Your Friend (Let Love Come In) 00:00 Tools
Johnny Ace Medley 00:00 Tools
House Of So Many Tears 00:00 Tools
Hurt Hurt Hurt 00:00 Tools
Somethin' You Got 00:00 Tools
Funny Feeling 00:00 Tools
Lion's Den 00:00 Tools
Further On Up The Road 00:00 Tools
Conakry 00:00 Tools
That's All Right 00:00 Tools
Proving Time 00:00 Tools
It Must Be Love 00:00 Tools
Don't Tell Me 00:00 Tools
Up Your Sleeve 00:00 Tools
Make My Home Where I Hang My H 00:00 Tools
You're Gonna Reap Just What You Sow 00:00 Tools
The Invitation 00:00 Tools
Little Coquette 00:00 Tools
Pie In The Sky 00:00 Tools
Beat The Boom Boom Baby 00:00 Tools
Traveling Blues 00:00 Tools
Night Time Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
All These Things 00:00 Tools
Further Up the Road 00:00 Tools
Flamin' Mamie 00:00 Tools
Remus 00:00 Tools
(You've Got Me) Singing A Love Song 00:00 Tools
Four Dried Beans (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Stealing (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Hurt Hurt Hurt (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Rock And Roll Lily 00:00 Tools
Bring Your Fine Self Home 00:00 Tools
Sufferin' City (Version 2) 00:00 Tools
Tribute to Sam Cooke 00:00 Tools
Ain't Nobody's Business (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Rock and Roll Lilly 00:00 Tools
Night Time (Parts 1, 2) 00:00 Tools
Rock 'n' Roll Lilly 00:00 Tools
Sufferin' City (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop by the Creek, Son (feat. Stevie Ray Vaughan) 00:00 Tools
Something's Up Your Sleeve 00:00 Tools
Rock 'n' Roll Lily 00:00 Tools
Make My Home Where I Hang My Heart 00:00 Tools
Traveling Man 00:00 Tools
Tribute To Sam Cooke (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop By The Creek, Son (With Johnny Copeland) 00:00 Tools
I'm Going To Make My Home Where I Lay My Hat 00:00 Tools
Black Cat Bone 00:00 Tools
Johnny Copeland - Jambalaya (O 00:00 Tools
The Dream 00:00 Tools
Hooked, Hogtied & Collared 00:00 Tools
Pin Your Wings 00:00 Tools
Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) [#][Live] 00:00 Tools
Tribute To Same Cooke 00:00 Tools
You Got Me Singing a Love Song 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time (Part 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Mother Nature 00:00 Tools
Jambalaya 00:00 Tools
WE LOVE WALKING ON THE WILD SI 00:00 Tools
Johnny Ace Medley (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Love Attack 00:00 Tools
Tribute To Same Cooke (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
The Moon Is Full 00:00 Tools
Johnny Ace Medley (Alternate Take) 00:00 Tools
Blackjack 00:00 Tools
Excuses, Excuses 00:00 Tools
Flyin' High 00:00 Tools
That's All Right Mama 00:00 Tools
sufferin city 00:00 Tools
Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) [Live] 00:00 Tools
Albert's Alley 00:00 Tools
Rock'n'Roll Lilly 00:00 Tools
Wake Up, Little Susie 00:00 Tools
Life's Rainbow 00:00 Tools
She's into Something 00:00 Tools
Mama Told Me Not to Come 00:00 Tools
Done Got Over It 00:00 Tools
Rock'n' Roll Lilly 00:00 Tools
Cut Off My Right Arm [Audio] 00:00 Tools
Wella, Wella Baby 00:00 Tools
I Waited Too Long 00:00 Tools
Tumblin' Dice - Johnny Copeland 00:00 Tools
Copeland Late Hours 00:00 Tools
The Blues Ain't Nothin' 00:00 Tools
Johnny's Gone 00:00 Tools
Travelling Blues 00:00 Tools
Night Time Parts 1, 2 00:00 Tools
Something to Remember You By 00:00 Tools
Every dog got his day 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time, Pts. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Travelling Man 00:00 Tools
I Wish I Was Ingle 00:00 Tools
Why Don't You Make Up Your Mind 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is The Right Time 00:00 Tools
Night Time (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
The Night Time Is The Right Time 00:00 Tools
Something You Got 00:00 Tools
If You're Looking For A Fool 00:00 Tools
Hurt Hurt Hurt (alt.) 00:00 Tools
Hooked, Hogtied and Collared 00:00 Tools
Danger Zone 00:00 Tools
That's Alright Mama 00:00 Tools
I'm Going to Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat 00:00 Tools
Getto Child 00:00 Tools
Something to Remember You By [#] 00:00 Tools
Johnny Ace Medley (alt.) 00:00 Tools
Blowing In The Wind 00:00 Tools
Your Game Is Working On Me 00:00 Tools
Hooked, Hog-tied and collared 00:00 Tools
Claim Jumper (From album: Texas Twister) 00:00 Tools
Four Dried Beans (alt.) 00:00 Tools
That s All Right 00:00 Tools
Working Man's Blues (Aca Version) 00:00 Tools
I Was Bron To Love You 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is Right Time (part 1+2) 00:00 Tools
Workingman's Blues 00:00 Tools
I Feel Like I Wanna Cry 00:00 Tools
Willie Dixon; Leonard Gaston / Jungle Swing 00:00 Tools
I"m Gonna Make My Home Where I Lay My Hat 00:00 Tools
Your Game Is Working On Me [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Eat, Sleep, Repeat 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop By The Creek, Son (with Stevie Ray Vaughan) 00:00 Tools
Love Prayer 00:00 Tools
Sufferin' City (Version 2, Solo) 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop by the Creek 00:00 Tools
Hurt, Hurt, Hurt 00:00 Tools
Let me come home 00:00 Tools
flying high 00:00 Tools
What is a man without his pride 00:00 Tools
Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Pl 00:00 Tools
Nobody's Business 00:00 Tools
Djeli, Djeli Blues 00:00 Tools
Every Dog´s Got His Day 00:00 Tools
Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat - Essential Recordings, Down On Bended Knee 00:00 Tools
Further On Up The Road - Live in Australia 00:00 Tools
You're Gonna Reap What You Sow 00:00 Tools
Sufferin' City [Single Version] 00:00 Tools
You Got Me Singing A Love Song (Live) 00:00 Tools
That's Alright Mama (Demo) 00:00 Tools
I Need You Know 00:00 Tools
Atmosphere Strutt 00:00 Tools
Johnny Ace Medley #1: Anymore/Pledging My Love/Cross My Heart 00:00 Tools
Baby Please Don't Go [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Year Round Blues 00:00 Tools
Where's My Head 00:00 Tools
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Considering the amount of time he spent steadily rolling from gig to gig, Johnny "Clyde" Copeland's rise to prominence in the blues world in the early '90s wasn't all that surprising. A contract with the PolyGram/Verve label put his '90s recordings into the hands of thousands of blues lovers around the world. It's not that Copeland's talent changed all that much since he recorded for Rounder Records in the 1980s; it's just that major companies began to see the potential of great, hardworking blues musicians like Copeland. Unfortunately, Copeland was forced to slow down in 1995-96 by heart-related complications, yet he continued to perform shows until his death in July of 1997. Johnny Copeland was born March 27, 1937, in Haynesville, LA, about 15 miles south of Magnolia, AR (formerly Texarkana, a hotbed of blues activity in the 1920s and '30s). The son of sharecroppers, his father died when he was very young, but Copeland was given his father's guitar. His first gig was with his friend Joe "Guitar" Hughes. Soon after, Hughes "took sick" for a week and the young Copeland discovered he could be a front man and deliver vocals as well as anyone else around Houston at that time. His music, by his own reasoning, fell somewhere between the funky R&B of New Orleans and the swing and jump blues of Kansas City. After his family (sans his father) moved to Houston, Copeland was exposed, as a teen, to musicians from both cities. While he was becoming interested in music, he also pursued boxing, mostly as an avocation, and it is from his days as a boxer that he got his nickname "Clyde." Copeland and Hughes fell under the spell of T-Bone Walker, whom Copeland first saw perform when he was 13 years old. As a teenager he played at locales such as Shady's Playhouse — Houston's leading blues club, host to most of the city's best bluesmen during the 1950s — and the Eldorado Ballroom. Copeland and Hughes subsequently formed The Dukes of Rhythm, which became the house band at the Shady's Playhouse. After that, he spent time playing on tour with Albert Collins (himself a fellow T-Bone Walker devotee) during the 1950s, and also played on stage with Sonny Boy Williamson II, Big Mama Thornton, and Freddie King. He began recording in 1958 with "Rock 'n' Roll Lily" for Mercury, and moved between various labels during the 1960s, including All Boy and Golden Eagle in Houston, where he had regional successes with "Please Let Me Know" and "Down on Bending Knees," and later for Wand and Atlantic in New York. In 1965, he displayed a surprising prescience in terms of the pop market by cutting a version of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" for Wand. After touring around the "Texas triangle" of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, he relocated to New York City in 1974, at the height of the disco boom. It seems moving to New York City was the best career move Copeland ever made, for he had easy access to clubs in Washington, D.C., New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Boston, all of which still had a place for blues musicians like him. Meanwhile, back in Houston, the club scene was hurting, owing partly to the oil-related recession of the mid-'70s. Copeland took a day job at a Brew 'n' Burger restaurant in New York and played his blues at night, finding receptive audiences at clubs in Harlem and Greenwich Village. Copeland recorded seven albums for Rounder Records, beginning in 1981 and including Copeland Special, Make My Home Where I Hang My Hat, Texas Twister, Bringing It All Back Home, When the Rain Starts a Fallin', Ain't Nothing But a Party (live, nominated for a Grammy) and Boom Boom; he also won a Grammy award in 1986 for his efforts on an Alligator album, Showdown! with Robert Cray and the late Albert Collins. Although Copeland had a booming, shouting voice and was a powerful guitarist and live performer, what most people don't realize is just how clever a songwriter he was. His latter-day releases for the PolyGram/Verve/Gitanes label, including Flyin' High (1992) and Catch Up with the Blues, provide ample evidence of this on "Life's Rainbow (Nature Song)" (from the latter album) and "Circumstances" (from the former album). Because Copeland was only six months old when his parents split up and he only saw his father a few times before he passed away, Copeland never realized he had inherited a congenital heart defect from his father. He disovered this in the midst of another typically hectic tour in late 1994, when he had to go into the hospital in Colorado. After he was diagnosed with heart disease, he spent the next few years in and out of hospitals, undertaking a number of costly heart surgeries. Early in 1997, he was waiting for a heart transplant at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. As he was waiting, he was put on the L-VAD, a recent innovation for patients suffering from congenital heart defects. In 1995, Copeland appeared on CNN and ABC-TV's Good Morning America, wearing his L-VAD, offering the invention valuable publicity. Despite his health problems, Copeland continued to perform and his always spirited concerts did not diminished all that much. After living 20 months on the L-VAD — the longest anyone had lived on the device — he received a heart transplant on January 1, 1997 and for a few months, the heart worked fine and he continued to tour. However, the heart developed a defective valve, necessitating heart surgery in the summer. Copeland died of complications during heart surgery on July 3, 1997. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.