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Bookmark or Share- Robert Johnson - WikipediaUsing the pen-name Henry Johnson, he wrote his first article on Robert Johnson for the New Masses magazine in March 1937, around the time of the release of Johnson's first record. In it, he described Johnson as "the greatest Negro blues singer who has cropped up in recent years ...
- Robert Johnson: The Life And Death Of A Mysterious Blues LegendRobert Johnson was one of the greatest blues musicians who’s ever lived. But not much is known about the man, whose unique playing style and imaginative lyrics influenced generations of music icons, from B.B. King to Bob Dylan to The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.
- Robert Johnson - Rock & Roll Hall of FameLegend has it that Robert Johnson met the devil at a crossroads and gave him his soul in exchange for mastery of the guitar. Steeped in mystery, killed mysteriously, his legend eclipsed only by his skill, Robert Johnson may be the first ever rock star.
- Home - Robert Johnson Blues FoundationRobert Johnson is known as the King of the Delta Blues Singers, his music expanding in influence to the point that rock stars of the greatest magnitude all sing his praise and have recorded his songs.
- Robert Johnson | Biography, Music, Songs, & Facts | BritannicaRobert Johnson, American composer, guitarist, and singer whose eerie falsetto singing voice and masterful rhythmic slide guitar influenced both his contemporaries and many later blues and rock musicians.
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