James 'Super Chikan' Johnson - A Life in Blues | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A Life in Blues celebrates and explores the personal and musical life of one of Mississippi's most treasured sons, James | dG1fTE9wdWhyUjBtQlk

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00:00I think he got his own thing.

00:15I don't think he sounds like anybody that I have heard before.

00:28Chicken got a flavor different from everybody else.

00:31It's more of a huckabuck type of blues.

00:51He's about the best I've ever seen in my life at being able to free associate lyrical ideas

00:56on the stage.

01:09His stage presence is phenomenal.

01:12I'm huge on stage presence.

01:15So when he stands on that stage, he's commanding your attention.

01:24My dad's the front man.

01:25I think that's enough for me because he's my dad, you know, so that's the best of all

01:29the worlds to me.

01:30You know, it's my dad, my pops, my best friend, like, yeah, and I definitely, I count on him

01:35for everything.

01:36My music is what I like to do and what I'm good at.

01:47So he needs to keep playing so I can keep doing what I want to do and what I'm good

01:53at.

01:54It's all about your heart.

02:25Somebody shoot that thing!

02:28I thought I'd shoot my roots before they come to an end.