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Joe Willie Wilkins

Joe Willie Wilkins was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He influenced his contemporaries Houston Stackhouse, Robert Nighthawk, David Honeyboy Edwards, and Jimmy Rogers, but he had a greater impact on up-and-coming guitarists, including Little Milton, B.B. King, and Albert King. Wilkins's songs include "Hard Headed Woman" and "It's Too Bad."

Biography
Wilkins was born in Davenport, Coahoma County, Mississippi. The same year, Mimosa Records released a single of Wilkins's debut vocal performance. Adamo Records later issued a live album of some of his concert performances. After undergoing a colostomy in the late 1970s, Wilkins continued to perform. The Killer Blues Headstone Project placed a headstone for Wilkins in 2021. ==Confusion over dates==
Confusion over dates
There is some confusion over Wilkins's date of birth and date of death; various sources quote 1921, 1922 or 1923 as the year of his birth, and some cite 1981 for his death. AllMusic erroneously stated that "his final performances were an East Coast tour in 1981 and that he died in the week following these engagements". ==Songwriting==
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