Yet in those 29 songs Robert Johnson literally re-wrote the blues template. Certainly, some of the songs were familiar to listeners – Johnson listened widely to other players and was not above ...

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 ...

Keith Richards doesn't need anyone questioning his credentials as a guitarist, but he knew this blues legend would wipe the ...

The late blues scholar, musician and writer Julian ... his friendship with the Rolling Stones and the direct influence of ...

Led Zeppelin owed a musical debt to the blues of the Mississippi Delta. But which of their songs instead came from Texan ...

Willis – who was ranked among the top 21 new blues guitarists in a recent Guitar Player poll – has the uncanny knack of ...

The original G3 trio recently reunited for this year's tour, and now it looks like Johnson's promise of a live album from the event is about to come true ...

Robert Junior learned from Robert Johnson ... blues was hardly broadcast at all. Some stations in the South started barn dance programs, like the Grand Ole Opry, which had a black harmonica player ...

Kingfish: Well, he was a player who was one of the ... Kingfish: Well, from the traditional blues sound, you got guys like Son House, Robert Johnson, Johnny Shines, Lightnin’ Hopkins to guys ...

The post-war traditional jazz and folk revival movements produced the fertile ground for a new kind of blues music — entirely ... aware of the likes of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Howlin ...

For more than 50 years, five-time Grammy award-winning American blues guitarist and singer Robert Cray has been searching for ...

The Blues have shown that they can find players who produce above their draft slot. Robert Thomas was picked ... Older examples include Erik Johnson’s trade to Colorado or swapping David ...