Robert Johnson
Kokomo Arnold: Blues Titan Who Walked Away at His Peak
On a September afternoon in 1934, a left-handed bootlegger from Georgia walked into a Chicago recording studio and cut two sides for…
15 Greatest Blues Guitarists of All Time: The Definitive List
Ranking the greatest blues guitarists of all time invites argument, and that is exactly the point. However, any honest list has to…
Blues Music Timeline: African Roots to Today
Blues Music Timeline: 25 Moments That Built America’s Most Powerful Sound This blues music timeline tracks the key moments that forged one…
Robert Lockwood Jr: The Only Student of Robert Johnson
Robert Lockwood Jr: The Only Student of Robert Johnson On a summer afternoon in the early 1930s, a teenage boy in Turkey…
Eric Clapton: Slowhand’s Long Road Through Blues
Eric Clapton: The British Guitarist Who Carried Blues Across the Atlantic In the spring of 1966, a 21-year-old guitarist walked into Decca…
10 Amazing Essential Blues Records You Need to Know Now
10 Essential Blues Records That Belong in Every Collection In 1961, a Columbia Records producer pulled together twenty-nine songs by a Mississippi…
Robert Johnson: The Complete Story of the Crossroads Legend
Robert Johnson: The Delta Blues Legend Who Changed Music Forever Son House couldn’t explain it. The kid who used to grab his…
Son House: Revolutionary Slide Guitar Preacher of the Delta
Son House: The Delta Preacher Who Defined Raw Blues In May 1930, a Paramount Records producer traveled to Lula, Mississippi, looking for…