Willie Lofton

Willie "Poor Boy" Lofton was a blues singer and guitarist.
Born: January 1897 in Copiah County, Mississippi
Died: 1956 or about 1962 in Copiah County, Mississippi

Not much is known about Lofton's personal life. He who recorded three 78s for Decca in 1934-1935, and one more 78 for Bluebird (released as [a=Willie Lofton Trio]) in 1935, all in Chicago. He worked as a barber in Jackson and also played the blues, performing regularly with influential Delta blues musicians [a= Tommy Johnson] and [a= Ishman Bracey]. Johnson, in particular, was hugely impactful on Lofton's own style, as he soon adopted Johnson's fast-paced staccato guitar playing and falsetto singing.