Credit: Robert Johnson Studio Portrait

Robert Johnson

Towering figure of the Delta blues, whose high, ghostly wail and dauntingly nimble guitar work lent his music striking emotional power.

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1920s - 1930s

May 8, 1911 in Hazlehurst, MS

August 16, 1938 in Greenwood, MS

Blues

Country Blues, Delta Blues, Pre-War Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues, Slide Guitar Blues

Robert Leroy Johnson

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