Tommy Johnson (January 1896 – November 1, 1956) was a blues musician known for his eerie falsetto which are prevalent in his songs. Tommy Johnson was born near Terry, Mississippi, and moved to Crystal Springs, Mississippi in 1910 where he lived for most of his life. Learning guitar in 1914, he would play at local parties and even at the Dockery Plantation with Charlie Patton and Willie Brown. He recorded songs like “Canned Heat Blues” and “Cool Drink Of Water Blues” for Victor and later Paramount Records (One such Paramount record, “Alcohol and Jake Blues” Sold for 37,100 dollars on Ebay). After legal dispute with the Mississippi Sheiks, who had used the melody of Johnson’s “Big Road Blues” in one their songs, and also believing he signed away his right to record, he gave up recording ever again and performed through the ‘30s and '40s till he died in 1956. Crystal Springs holds the Tommy Johnson Blues Festival on the third weekend in October since 2006, 50 years after his death.

It also here to mention that he is NOT related to Robert Johnson. According to his brother Ledell, Tommy Johnson also crafted a persona about selling his soul to the devil (Before Robert).