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Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson
Born: May 8, 1911 in Hazlehurst, MS
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Died: Aug 16, 1938 in Greenwood, MS
Genre: Blues
Biography: If the blues has a truly mythic figure, one whose story hangs over the music the way a Charlie Parker does over jazz or a Hank Williams does over country, it's Robert Johnson, certainly the most celebrated figure in the history of the blues. Of course, his legend is immensely fortified by the fact that ...Read full biography