Mighty Joe Young

Joseph Young Jr. (September 23, 1927 – March 24, 1999), known as Mighty Joe Young, was an American Chicago blues guitarist.

Biography Young was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, moving to Milwaukee in about 1945. He began his music career in the early 1950s, singing on the Milwaukee nightclub circuit and taking his stage name after the film of the same name. In 1955, he returned to Louisiana to make his recording debut, for Jiffy Records.

He then moved to Chicago, where he worked as a sideman, notably with Joe Little & his Heart Breakers and later Billy Boy Arnold. He played on Magic Sam's albums West Side Soul and Black Magic and also worked with Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon,

Discography Blues with a Touch of Soul (Delmark), 1971 Legacy of the Blues, vol. 4 (Sonet), 1972 Chicken Heads (Ovation), 1974 Mighty Joe Young (Ovation), 1976 Bluesy Josephine (Black and Blue), 1976 Love Gone (Ovation), 1978 Live at the Wise Fools Pub (Aim Trading Group), 1978 Mighty Man (Blind Pig), 1997 With Magic Sam West Side Soul (Delmark, 1967) Black Magic (Delmark, 1968) The Magic Sam Legacy (Delmark, 1967/68 )