SqueezeMyLemon: It's the Birthday of Robert Johnson

Friday, May 08, 2009

It's the Birthday of Robert Johnson

The Complete Recordings
The Complete Recordings [BOX SET] by Robert Johnson

Robert Leroy Johnson was born on May 8, 1911 and passed away on August 16, 1938. He was probably the most famous and influential of all the pre-war Delta blues musicians.

According to Wikipedia;

His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend.

I have many post here at SML about him and his music; you can just click on the Robert Johnson label to see other post about him.

Over the years a lot of scholarship has gone into understanding just who Robert Johnson was and how he created his body of work. Some good examples of books that may be of interest to fans of Robert Johnson are;