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Robert Johnson Legacy Tour At Meteor Guitar Gallery May 8th
The Robert Johnson Legacy Tour, featuring Steven L. Johnson, grandson of Robert Johnson, Blues City Limits, and special guest Tony Redman, will play at the Meteor Guitar Gallery in Bentonville, AR, on May 8th! For ticket info, visit https://stubs.net/event/4498/robert-johnson-legacy-tour.
A Beginner’s Guide To Robert Johnson – Far Out Magazine
Far Out Magazine writes, “Robert Johnson is possibly the most influential musician of all time,” and has compiled a list of six definitive songs: “Me And The Devil Blues,” “Love In Vain,” “Hellhound On My Trail,” “Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped The Devil),” “Ramblin’ On My Mind,” and “Cross Road Blues.”
Read more at Faroutmagazine.co.uk.
Listen to all these songs and more on Robert Johnson’s The Centennial Collection.
Remembering Robert Johnson On His 110th Birthday
Robert Johnson was born on this day in 1911. Watch this animated video for “Cross Road Blues.”
One thing is for certain — no Robert Johnson, no rock & roll.
Robert Johnson ‘The Centennial Collection’ Ranked Top Acoustic Blues Album
MusicRadar asked blues artist Michael Messer to list the most essential acoustic blues albums. At the top of that list is Robert Johnson’s The Centennial Collection. Messer writes:
“This is the best remaster of the whole catalogue. When it comes to acoustic blues that’s related to rock ‘n’ roll – because there are so many strains – Johnson has to be the greatest. Seventy or 80 percent of his songs are classics that have been recorded hundreds of times. His guitar style is, simply, definitive. … It’s not a competition, but I believe he was the greatest acoustic blues player.”
Listen to Robert Johnson’s The Centennial Collection here.
Read more at MusicRadar.
Robert Johnson Was One Of The Most Inventive Geniuses Of All Time
In a new interview with The New York Times, Bob Dylan spoke about Robert Johnson:
“…What we used to call people of high character. Genuine, plenty talented and who knew themselves, weren’t swayed by anything from the outside. … So was Robert Johnson, even more so. Robert was one of the most inventive geniuses of all time. But he probably had no audience to speak of. He was so far ahead of his time that we still haven’t caught up with him. His status today couldn’t be any higher. Yet in his day, his songs must have confused people. It just goes to show you that great people follow their own path.”