Big John Wrencher
Big John Wrencher ( born February 12, 1923 in Sunflower, Sunflower County, Mississippi, † July 15, 1977 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, also known as One Arm John, actually John Thomas Wrencher ) was an American harmonica player and singer. In the 1960s, he often played on the Maxwell Street Market, in the 1970s, he also toured in Europe.
Life
As a child he showed great interest in music and taught in the early years harmonica. In the 1940s, he was as a traveling musician in Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana and Illinois go .. middle of the decade, he arrived in Chicago and often played at the Maxwell Street Market and at house parties. In the 1950s he lived in Detroit and played with Baby Boy Warren and in its own trio.
In 1958 he lost his left arm in a car accident in Memphis. In the early 1960s he moved back to Chicago and became a fixture on Maxwell Street, where he played every Sunday 10-15 clock. In 1964 he appeared in the documentary And This Is Free, the music was in a CD box set released (And This Is Maxwell Street). In this decade he recorded for Testament, as a musician in Robert Nighthawks band.
1973 and 1974 he was. With the Chicago Blues Festival and the American Blues Legends on tour in Europe, in 1974 he took the tour in London an album for the Big Bear label on, which accompanied him Eddie Taylor and his band
At a family visit in 1977 Big Joe Wrencher died of a heart attack in Clarksdale, Mississippi.