About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: John Lee Hooker, Blind Blake, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Son House, Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, Skip James, Thomasina Winslow, Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Patton, The Search for Robert Johnson, R. L. Burnside, Lonnie Johnson, Reverend Gary Davis, Tommy Johnson, Big Joe Williams, List of country blues musicians, Tom Winslow, James Crutchfield, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Blind Boy Fuller, Rory Block, James Cotton, Bukka White, Pink Anderson, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Walter Roland, Barbecue Bob, Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis, Thomas A. Dorsey, Lottie Kimbrough, Scrapper Blackwell, Etta Baker, Mose Vinson, Sonny Terry, Dan Sane, Boogie Bill Webb, Robert Pete Williams, Daddy Stovepipe, Jack Owens, Bessie Tucker, Howard Armstrong, Willie Brown, Papa Charlie McCoy, Geeshie Wiley, Irene Scruggs, Duster Bennett, Alger "Texas" Alexander, Ramblin' Thomas, Alec Seward, Bo Carter, Rabbit Brown, Son Bonds, Sara Martin, Cortelia Clark, Ralph Willis, Roy Book Binder, Bumble Bee Slim, Arnold Shultz, Tommy McClennan, Ishman Bracey, Yank Rachell, Doctor Ross, Ernie Hawkins, Curley Weaver, John Henry Barbee, John Jackson, Babe Stovall, Butch Robins, Robert Belfour, Black Ace, Kid Bailey, Thomas Morris, Charley Lincoln, Frank Hovington, Hammie Nixon, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, Eddie Anthony, Blind Joe Hill, Bo Weavil Jackson. Excerpt: Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 - August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer and musician. His landmark recordings from 1936-37 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend, including a Faustian myth. As an itinerant performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances, Johnson enjoyed little...
