About John P. Hammond
John Paul Hammond was an American blues singer and guitarist whose career spanned six decades. He was the son of record producer John Henry Hammond Jr., and performed as John Hammond and John Hammond Jr. He was the fourth and last generation of John Hammonds descended from General John Henry Hammond, a Union army officer, John Henry Hammond, a lawyer, and John Henry Hammond, the record producer. John, and Duane Allman. "I first became aware of blues music when my father brought me to hear Big Bill Broonzy in 1949.
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