Willie King (March 18, 1943 – March 8, 2009) was an American blues guitarist and singer, known for shunning fame and playing at a local bar in Mississippi.
King was born in Prairie Point, a community in Noxubee County, Mississippi near the Alabama border. Prior to recording, he worked in many occupations including as a sharecropper, a moonshine maker, and a traveling salesmans. He later became active with the civil rights movement, which inspired him to write socially conscious... more
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