Browsing: Robert Johnson

Editorial note: In honor of Amy Winehouse’s birthday, we’ve shared this article originally published in 2011.

This intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson’s stepsister includes new details about his family, music, influences, tragic death, and musical afterlife.

‘Confessin’ The Blues’ collects the greatest bluesmen ever and provides a perfect study of the genre. The tracks on the various formats of the release have been chosen by the Rolling Stones in collaboration with BMG and Universal.

While Phish may not be everyone’s cup of meat, they are unquestionably four of the most talented musicians on the planet. Nowhere does this band lock in more than when they are ripping away on some 12 bar badness.

‘The Summer of the Terraplane Blues,’ devoted to the life, myth and music of Robert Johnson, creates a living blues musician.

“It could be a place where somebody could stop by and really learn something about Clarksdale, the blues, and Robert Johnson.”

Parcek always does what’s right for the song and isn’t just trying to blow the listener’s mind.

Friends and fans alike are encouraged to be on hand and share in the excitement!

“In another instance, a farmer removed the headstones from a cemetery, plowed over the land and planted cotton in place of the markers…”

This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…