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Robert Johnson ( 8 Mayo 1911 - 16 agosto 1938) (8/5/2023)

Robert Leroy Johnson
(8 Mayo 1911 - 16 agosto 1938)

Robert Leroy Johnson (Hazlehurst, Misisipi; 8 de mayo de 1911 - Greenwood, Misisipi; 16 de agosto de 1938) fue un cantante, compositor y guitarrista estadounidense de blues, conocido como el Rey del Delta Blues.

Sus grabaciones de 1936 a 1937 muestran una notable combinación de talento para cantar, tocar la guitarra y componer canciones (a pesar de haber dejado grabadas solamente veintinueve, influyeron en varias generaciones de músicos). Su misteriosa y escasamente documentada vida, y su muerte a la edad de 27 años, han dado lugar a la difusión de muchas leyendas.

Es considerado el Abuelo del Rock and Roll por la influencia ejercida de su música en grandes intérpretes del género. Su locución, la originalidad de sus canciones y su estilo de tocar la guitarra han marcado a una gran gama de músicos considerados leyendas, entre ellos: John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Brian Jones, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, The Rolling Stones, Slash, Queen, The White Stripes, The Black Keys, The Band, Neil Young, Warren Zevon, Jeff Beck, Nick Cave o Eric Clapton, este último dice que Johnson es «el más importante músico de blues que haya vivido». Más información: Robert Johnson


Robert Leroy Johnson
(May 8, 1911 - August 16, 1938)

Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 - August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is now recognized as a master of the blues, particularly the Delta blues style, and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as being "the first ever rock star".

As a traveling performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances, Johnson had little commercial success or public recognition in his lifetime. He participated in only two recording sessions, one in San Antonio in 1936, and one in Dallas in 1937, that produced 29 distinct songs (with 13 surviving alternate takes) recorded by famed Country Music Hall of Fame producer Don Law. These songs, recorded solo in improvised studios, were the totality of his recorded output. Most were released as 10-inch, 78 rpm singles from 1937–1938, with a few released after his death. Other than these recordings, very little was known of him during his life outside of the small musical circuit in the Mississippi Delta where he spent most of his life; much of his story has been reconstructed after his death by researchers. Johnson's poorly documented life and death have given rise to much legend. The one most closely associated with his life is that he sold his soul to the devil at a local crossroads to achieve musical success.

His music had a small, but influential, following during his life and in the two decades after his death. In late 1938 John Hammond sought him out for a concert at Carnegie Hall, From Spirituals to Swing, only to discover that Johnson had died. Brunswick Records, which owned the original recordings, was bought by Columbia Records, where Hammond was employed. Musicologist Alan Lomax went to Mississippi in 1941 to record Johnson, also not knowing of his death. Law, who by then worked for Columbia Records, assembled a collection of Johnson's recordings titled King of the Delta Blues Singers that was released by Columbia in 1961. It is widely credited with finally bringing Johnson's work to a wider audience. More information: Robert Jonhson.





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