ROCK AND ROLL NEWS
There is a bootleg album out which most definitely must be heard. It’s called The Blues Legend by Robert Johnson and so far as we know, it’s only available in Britain. Johnson, whose main influences were Son House and Willie Brown, stands at the crossroads of blues; he sums up the entire tradition of rural blues and gives impetus to the developing urban blues.
ROCK AND ROLL NEWS
There is a bootleg album out which most definitely must be heard. It’s called The Blues Legend by Robert Johnson and so far as we know, it’s only available in Britain. Johnson, whose main influences were Son House and Willie Brown, stands at the crossroads of blues; he sums up the entire tradition of rural blues and gives impetus to the developing urban blues. He took from his wanderings all the regional traditions it is possible for one man to assimilate and welded them into blues that were unprecedented for power and complexity. In this sense, Johnson was the Blues’ first great electic performer, but also its greatest creative artist.
