Stan Street
b October 27, 1949 Rochester, NY
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James Lewis "Super Chikan" Johnson
b February 16, 1951 Darling, MS
Mother is Christine Johnson Coleman & a sister of Big Jack
Johnson.
Grandmother is Pearl Johnson
Grandfather is Ellis Johnson
Uncle is Big Jack Johnson
Daughter is Jameisa Turner (Jameisa's mother is Evelyn Turner)
Picked up the nickname "CHIKAN" because he talked to
chickens at an early age.
Super Chikan transferred those chicken sounds to
his first musical
homemade instrument, the 'diddly bow'. Not enough sounds
from the one
string bow, so James made a four string diddly. Now we're
talkin' baby.
Like many poor youngsters in the South, James hit the cotton
fields
around the age of eight to help keep the family going. Not until
the early
1960's did he buy his first real guitar from a second hand store
in
Clarksdale, MS. Through the years while working at a number of jobs,
James wrote his own music and played with Clarksdale residents,
Sam Carr, Wesly
Jefferson, and Jackie Brenston. From this background
James developed his
own unique style. Attending one of his "shows",
you will see The
Chikan Strut, The Chikan Shake, and hear that Chikan
crow! You will have experienced his infectious smile and personality in
addition to his musical
ability. In addition to playing the guitar, he also
plays bass, harmonica,
and piano. In his spare time, he even produces
original artwork and makes
his own stylized guitars using gasoline cans
and other assorted unconventional
bits and pieces. He appeared in an
April-1999 National Geographic story
concerning "The Blues Highway"
and he has toured Japan as a
representative for the State of Mississippi
and was the recipient of the
Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in
Arts in 2004. Music must
run in the family as Super
Chikan is a nephew of Big Jack Johnson.
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Spider Web
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Terrell Williams
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Clay Von Veal
AKA CV Veal
b October 4,1926 Bobo, MS d May 8, 2018 Clarksdale, MS
Wife was Marian P. Topps
Pepper Von, a world wide known fitness guru is a son.
Father was Jack Flaggs & mother was Mary.
Sister was Lizzie Veal b 1924est.
Used to be C V Veal & The Shufflers which included Jackie Brenston,
Ike Turner, Raymond Hill, Clayton Love, and Eugene Fox.
His sidemen included a who's who of Clarksdale area musicians
including Wesley Jefferson, JC Holmes, Sam Carr, Frank Frost,
Big Jack Johnson, Little Jeno Tucker, Robert Bilbo Walker,
Willie Foster and others. His wife Marian was a featured vocalist.
While CV retired in the late 1980's, he continued to be a
major part of
Chapel Hill MB church and the Male Choir.
Awarded the Julius Guy Gospel Heritage Award in 2010.
Received Bluesman Award from MojoRat LLC in 2015.
