So I thought it'd be fun to blog about Robert Johnson this week. Who was Robert Johnson you ask? A badass, that's who. Robert Johnson was a blues musician who was born in 1911 and died in 1938. He is known as a master of the Mississippi Delta Blues, which was a style of blues that was born around 1920 and is characterized by the use of Harmonicas, slide guitar played on steel guitars and fiery and passionate vocals.
Robert Johnson. How cool is that?
Johnson was born in 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. around 1932, Johnson would play on street corners and in front of Barbershops. He played popular music, along with his blues compositions. In 1936, Johnson started recording in a hotel in San Antonio, Texas called the Gunter Hotel. He recorded in room 414 and played his guitar facing the wall because it made the music louder while recording. Johnson called this, "corner loading".
Robert Johnson has inspired many of today's most well-known musicians such as Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, etc.. Eric Clapton once said that Johnson,"..was the most important blues singer that ever lived". I chose to write about him this week because he was just plain awesome and rock music probably wouldn't be the same without him. Thanks, Robert Johnson. <3
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