J.W. Warren -You Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
recorded in 1981/82 in Ariton, Alabama by George Mitchell
The following excerpt is from George Mitchell, In Celebration of a Legacy: The Traditional Arts of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley:
J.W. Warren was born in 1921 in Enterprise, Alabama. In a family of eleven children, he was the only one to take up music, starting at the age of fifteen or sixteen. He entered the military as a young adult and served for 14 years. While stationed overseas with the military in 1947, he won first prize in a music contest. After his stint in the military, he farmed and began to play blues at barbeques and house parties in southeast Alabama. Like many lower Chattahoochee blues artists, he cites Blind Boy Fuller as a key influence. J.W. died on August, 5, 2003
"I came up the hard way. I never had a break whatsoever. In other words, I never had a break in my life. I was born in the wrong part of the world and then again I didn't go any place else. My daddy gave me a good raising and I know how to treat people, how to be respectful to folks. I like that. But I had too much trouble in my life. I didn't do anything with the talent I had because I didn't have much education. When you got a bad break like I had you doubt yourself, you know it's rough man!"
http://www.wirz.de/music/warjwfrm.htm
photos:
George Mitchell
Axel Kustner
