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Johnny "Man" Young

Johnny "Man" Young was an American blues singer, mandolin player, and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War. He was one of the few mandolin players active in blues music in the postwar era. His nickname, Man, came from his playing the mandolin.

Life and career
Young was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Young toured in Europe in 1972, when he was part of the American Folk Blues Festival. ==Discography==
Discography
Singles • 1947: "Money Taking Woman" / "Worried Man Blues" (Ora Nelle 712) • 1948: "My Baby Walked Out" / "Let Me Ride Your Mule" (Planet 2/Old Swing-Master 19) • 1964: "All I Want For Breakfast" / "Humpty Dumpty" (USA Records 768) • 1966: "Slam Hammer" / "Wild, Wild Woman" (Arhoolie 515) Albums • 1966: Johnny Young and His Chicago Blues Band (Arhoolie) • 1967: Chicago/The Blues/Today!, vol. 3 (Vanguard, with Johnny Shines) • 1968: Chicago Blues (Arhoolie) • 1970: Fat Mandolin (Blue Horizon, reissued in 1972 as Blues Masters Vol. 9) • 1973: ''I Can't Keep My Foot from Jumping'' (Bluesway) • 1975: Johnny Young and His Friends (Testament) As sideman with Snooky Pryor • 1956: "Someone to Love Me" / "Judgment Day" (Vee Jay) with Otis Spann • 1966: ''Otis Spann's Chicago Blues'' (Testament) ==References==
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