We celebrate his life and legacy. One of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Robert Johnson (1911-1938) was a legendary blues musician, whose influence spanned multiple ...
New novel captures a legendary bluesman at an early midlife crossroads, well before the myth — that he sold his soul to the ...
Because the genre of blues music is so old and dates back even before vinyl records and other recording means, there remains a significant amount of mystery regarding its early years. Born in the ...
The Robert Johnson legend goes that he gained his guitar ... The 29 songs he recorded (plus 12 alternate takes) show a musician who was technically and stylistically ahead of many of his peers.
"Smokestack Lightning was a lick he got off Patton. Wolf had learnt them so well that he fell in love with the music. Robert ...
An indepth awardwinning documentary on the life and music of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson Mixing rare photographs exclusive interviews and dramatic recreations it presents a compelling ...
An in-depth, award-winning documentary on the life and music of legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. Mixing rare photographs, exclusive interviews, and dramatic re-creations, director Peter Meyer ...