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One of the Legendary Blues men who sowed the seeds of the British pop explosion of the 60’s by influencing a new generation of musicians in the U.K. It was only after the 2nd. world war, or because of it, that Europeans were introduced to the sound of ‘race’ records (as they were then known in the States,) and realised there was more to music than lush orchestras and Crooners. Suddenly it seemed that not everything had to be honey sweet and acceptable to your parents. There was Rhythm and Blues - music with balls! The rest is history and some legendary names have been left with us, none more so than Robert Johnson.
Eric Clapton has never made a secret of the influence that Robert Johnson had on him in his formative years and has now paid him the ultimate accolade of releasing an album comprised entirely of his songs entitled “Me and Mr. Johnson”.
Time to remind the people of how good Robert Johnson really was, so with a tongue in cheek nod to Eric’s release, here is an album featuring nearly all of the limited material the late great bluesman recorded in his short life. On this CD there are 29 tracks of which the first 11 tracks are all titles covered by Eric Clapton on his latest album, and the last 5 tracks are Bonus alternative takes of several of the tracks on already featured on the CD.
Only eleven 78’s were ever released by Robert Johnson in his life time which was cut short by a jealous husband who had him poisoned. Not only was he a brilliant musician, but his good looks made him a lady killer supreme for which he paid the ultimate price. Born in 1911 he died on August 16th. 1938.
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