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Robert Johnson was born on the 8th of May 1911 in Mississippi and passed away on August 16th 1938, although Johnson had a very short life , he is known as on the greatest blues musicians of all time. During Johnson short career he travelled around and played his music wherever he could. Johnson had a total of twenty nine songs he wrote and recorded in Dallas and San Antonio, songs such as “Sweet Home Chicago” which is now a widely recognised and played blues standard, covered by artist such as Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Much of Robert Johnson’s life is not known, there’s a rumour about how he sold his soul to the devil to gain his musical ability. Son House – a famous blues musician – claimed Johnson had previously been a terrible guitarist but after disappearing for a few weeks he came back with his style that inspired so many other musicians.
Robert Leroy Johnson. [Internet]. 2014. The Biography.com website. Available from: <http://www.biography.com/people/robert-johnson-9356324> [Accessed 01 Sep 2014]

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