Talk:Willie Brown (musician)

Thesis Film
Removing the line "...in my thesis film..." I've seen part of the film on YouTube, I know of you, but this is Wikipedia. Do you expect someone to know who "my thesis film" refers to? Also general cleanup on bad formatting. Liontamarin 05:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Also, I noticed your shameless self-promotion with your YouTube links, which violates formatting, etc. Will remove all edits that you have made as they do not aide the article. Liontamarin 05:30, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * See also Talk:Robert Johnson (musician). --buck 02:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Willie Brown, Blues Musician, Biography. There is a problem with the date of birth listed on the page. According to the article he was married by 1911. That makes him 11 years old according to the 1900 birthdate. It is much more likely to be ten years earlier. David Evans (Big Road Blues, p. 52) places the date of birth in the 1890 -1895 range. 75.65.196.127 (talk) 22:57, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Crossroads
Willie Brown is a main character in the 1986 film Crossroads, portrayed by Joe Seneca. While the movie's setting is well past his death, the character appears to be this Willie Brown; (but there is ambiguity relating to the multiplicity of "Willie Browns"). I am uncertain if/where to include this. ~Eric F 184.76.225.106 (talk) 19:26, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

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Picture
Any chance we can add a picture of Willie as opposed to his tombstone?! This is nutz!! Blockhouse321 (talk) 11:53, 25 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Well if you can unearth & authenticate a photo of him, the blues-loving world would be happy to see it ... and eventually include it here. Aggsl74 (talk) 10:14, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

David Evans has Brown born between 1890-1895
Can't access the source that says 1900, but on p.52 of Evans book he says Brown was born 1890-1895. The information might well be updated to incorporate that sources disagree. I apologize, I don't know how to articulate that elegantly in the info box Wickedjacob (talk) 10:07, 19 June 2021 (UTC) The respected blues researcher Bob Eagle in Blues & Rhythm no.369 May 2022 proposes another Willie Brown as the singer. He traces the draft record of the Willie Brown who reported on the same day as Willie Moore (who was interviewed by Gayle Dean Wardlow). Wardlows article about the interview in Living Blues 228 (February 2014) published the death certificate of this Willie Brown who died in a Veterans hospital in Memphis on March 22nd, 1943. His draft card gave his name as Willie (None) Brown, indicating he had no middle name, and his birth date as February 21st 1897.Labocetta (talk) 17:00, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

Photo of Willie Brown
It's time to add the photo of Willie Brown to Wikipedia. This photo has been published in Frog Annual#4, Robert Johnson book, and Charley Patton book. Left to right, Willie Moore, Willie Brown, Fiddlin Joe Martin.

￼https://www.dropbox.com/s/f5dk2ugfqlieinj/Three%20Musicians%20Randy%20Meadows2011%20WM-WB-FJM.tiff?dl=0 69.92.252.152 (talk) 04:46, 19 March 2023 (UTC)