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The lonesome rocking cowboy
He is from Rhode Island, lived in Ann Arbor (Michigan), San Francisco, Chicago before settling down in Texas, where he opened a roadside restaurant with his wife in 1981 (the Hill Top Café near Fredericksburg, about a hundred km west of Austin). He has founded bands with Duke Robillard and Ronnie Earl, been a member of Asleep at the Wheel from 1978 to 1981, made several albums with Big Walter Horton, toured and/or recorded with an impressive list of famous bluesmen : One String Sam, Eddie Taylor, Billy Boy Arnold, Houston Stackhouse, Boogie Woogie Red, Robert Pete Williams, Robert Lockwood Jr., Johnny Shines, Snooky Pryor, Roosevelt Sykes… He writes his own material. His cowboy look is a mix of Calvin Russell and Tom Waits. His name is unknown to most people. He is Johnny Nicholas and his album "Broke Again" is really a kick.
