Biography
John Clyde Copeland (March 27, 1937 – July 3, 1997) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. In 1983, he was named Blues Entertainer of the Year by the Blues Foundation. He is the father of blues singer Shemekia Copeland. In 2017, Copeland was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
424 releases · 99 albums · active 1958–2025
- Performance · 903
- Other credits · 39
- Production · 9
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Streeterville Studios · Montreux Jazz Festival · Sony Music Studios, New York City · Soundfarm Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Shemekia Copeland
- Philipp Fankhauser
- O.V. Wright
- T-Bone Walker
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- O. V. Wright
- Bobby Bland






