Johnny Case papers

ArchivalResource

Johnny Case papers

1963-2016

Personal papers, clippings, photographs, a scrapbook, and books belonging to jazz musician Johnny Case.

4 linear feet

eng, Latn

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11665042

Fort Worth Library

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Case, Johnny, 1947-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd50xb (person)

Johnny Case was born on August 24, 1947 in Fort Worth, Texas to J.C. and Floy Case. Both parents were songwriters and his father, J.C., played mandolin in a string band. His older brother Jerry played the guitar. He began performing as a child in the mid-1950s at the Red River Jamboree in Paris, Texas. Johnny became interested in modern jazz around the age of 12/13. In the 1960s, he played piano for a number of western bands and in 1966 played his first jazz gig with the Adrian Watts Trio at Tex...