Robert Johnson
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By Guitar Player Staff Published
These essential phrases will help you speak the language of blues guitar

By Christopher Scapelliti Published
Video Jimmy Page pays tribute to blues guitar hero Robert Johnson in this 1969 BBC recording

By Guitar Player Staff Published
Covered by the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson’s originals are the ground zero of recorded Delta blues

By Sue Foley Published
“Girls are just empowered to do whatever they want to do now… It’s a good thing,” says the blues virtuoso

By Jimmy Leslie Published
Koko Taylor's “Little Miss Dynamite” gives blues women their due on new album ‘Ain’t Nobody Worried,’ with acoustic covers of Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Elizabeth Cotten and more

By Rod Brakes, Stefan Grossman Published
This archive gem could be the best free guitar lesson you’ve ever had.

By Jim Beaugez Published
Washed up at age 30, the legendary bluesman was rediscovered in 1964, just five years before his death.

By Jim Beaugez Published
Mississippi Delta bluesman Robert Johnson may have sung about having a hellhound on his trail, but Skip James sounded like the one on the run.
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