Peerie Willie Johnson ,Shetlands Guitar man passed away on Tuesday
he was talked about before on the list.
https://thesession.org/discussions/9586
http://www.visitshetland.com/events/peerie-willie-shetland-guitar-festival/
Thanks for letting us know.
I saw and heard quite a bit of his playing in Shetland in the mid Eighties.
RIP WIllie. A true original.
Just heard the sad news this morning on Radio Scotland. Traditional music has lost a great player and a great character. RIP, Peerie Willie.
Sad news indeed - one of the innovators in traditional music, who inspired so many of the people who inspired me. RIP.
Worst news I’ve heard for a long time. Only spoke to him a couple of times, in the Lounge or at the festivals, but he was always nice to me, funny, perpetually smiling - and could he swing or what?