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Sleepy John Estes: Sleepy John's stock of songs

Max Jones, Melody Maker, 31 October 1964

ONE OF the significant things about Sleepy John Estes, apart from the fact that he is an engrossing singer of the old blues school, is that he sings mostly his own songs. And good, graphic songs they are too.

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