# RIP Long John Hunter

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-long-john-hunter/744081>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-long-john-hunter/744081 "2016-01-24T15:25:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-long-john-hunter/744081/1 "2016-01-24T15:25:24Z")

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Today’s music death is Long John Hunter, a Texas blues singer and guitarist who put out multiple albums in the 1990s and 2000s.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jndL-16th4)

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-long-john-hunter/744081/2 "2016-01-25T01:49:43Z")

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I know a little bit about the blues, but was not familiar with him. Wikipedia says he died on the 4th.

Very sad - thanks for the link. Good tune.