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| Jones (left) with Otis Spann (center) and George Buford, late '50s |
Little Johnnie Jones, from Mississippi, traveled to Chicago like many of the other major blues acts, and was most famously known for playing the piano with Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf and many others.
He was a heavy drinker, had a wild character, and used to always get in fights, indicative of his pure blues life. He died at the early age of 40 in 1964 from illness.
He did record a few solo tracks and his most famous is 'Big Town Playboy' recorded in 1949 and released in 1950:
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