Robert Johnson: fans mark the centenary of the great bluesman's birth

Robert Johnson was the most influential blues player of all time. Now the last of his musical collaborators will play for his devotees in a centennial celebrationDavid "Honeyboy" Edwards's voice all but creaks as he talks, but even at 95 the closest living musical link to blues legend Robert Johnson remains as potent a force as ever."I met Robert when I was 20 years old and he was 24," Edwards recalls. "He was playing the harp [harmonica] with Son House and Willy Brown near a Mississippi lake ca...

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Robert Johnson: fans mark the centenary of the great bluesman's birth

Guardian Music — Robert Johnson was the most influential blues player of all time. Now the last of his musical collaborators will play for his devotees in a centennial celebrationDavid "H... more info