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Remembering Robert Johnson On The 75th Anniversary Of His Passing
Robert Johnson Blues Foundation ^
| AUGUST 16, 2013, 1:20 pm
| Robert Johnson Blues Foundation
Posted on 08/16/2013 12:59:30 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg
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One of my all time favorite guitar players.
When Keith Richards (of The Rolling Stones) first heard a Robert Johnson record he said: "Wow, that guy is really good, but who is playing the other guitar part?"
He was really impressed when he heard the answer:
"Nobody..."
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posted on
08/16/2013 12:59:31 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
To: Mad Dawgg
Look at those fingers! Loooooooong. I recall one one guitar site, we all tried to figure out what chord he was playing.
To: Mad Dawgg
The post office airbrushed out the cigarette on the stamp.
To: Mad Dawgg
Thanks for the link! An American legend!!
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:06:03 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
( FREEDOM!)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
"Look at those fingers! Loooooooong." I saw an interview with Clapton where he told how he tried to work out one of the more complicated songs and finally gave up realizing his fingers weren't long enough to reach all the notes Johnson was playing in the same chord position.
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:10:35 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Mad Dawgg
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:13:25 PM PDT
by
Publius
(And so, night falls on civilization.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:13:45 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Mad Dawgg
I can honestly say, I visited 2 of Robert Jouhnson’s grave sites on a Sunday day ride.
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:18:55 PM PDT
by
Tupelo
(There are no Republicans or Democrats in Washington. Just Millionaires)
To: Mad Dawgg
Thanks for the reminder - his work is on the top shelf of my collection.
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:21:08 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(Joe McCarthy was right.)
To: Mad Dawgg
On of the all time greats.
RIP, sir.
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:26:13 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: Tijeras_Slim
The post office airbrushed out the cigarette on the stamp. I was just going to ask if they did that.
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:26:26 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Mad Dawgg
PS - Tomorrow is the anniversary of John Lee Hooker’s birth.
He would have been 96 (I think).
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posted on
08/16/2013 1:27:41 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: KosmicKitty
Not the best likeness either.
To: WayneS
“He would have been 96 (I think).”
No one really knows. Birth year varies by quite a bit.
To: Mad Dawgg
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08/16/2013 2:00:09 PM PDT
by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Yes, they do.
The most oft-repeated birth year I’ve seen for John Lee is 1917, though, so that’s the one I’ve ‘adopted’.
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08/16/2013 2:00:42 PM PDT
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WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: kabumpo
Plus, Clapton sucks. Well, now, he may not be as good a player as Robert Johnson, but I certainly wouldn't go that far.
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08/16/2013 2:03:17 PM PDT
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WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos...)
To: WayneS
BTW, I spent some time with Robert Jr in an area music store.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
It was amusing to learn that his family members knew the name of his guitar teacher, from that formerly mysterious period when he went away and came back able to actually play like a pro. No one who had supposedly known him personally had ever heard the name before.
But RJ’s main claim to fame wasn’t his competent but otherwise unremarkable playing — it was the fact that he died young.
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posted on
08/16/2013 2:17:39 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
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08/16/2013 2:20:55 PM PDT
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KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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