Passing: Robert Lockwood Jr., Bluesman (NY Times)
From The New York Times:
By JON PARELES
Published: November 25, 2006
Robert Lockwood Jr., the Mississippi Delta bluesman who was taught by Robert Johnson and became a mentor to generations of blues musicians, died on Tuesday in Cleveland, where he lived. He was 91.
Mr. Lockwood considered himself Johnson’s stepson, since Johnson had a decade-long romance with his mother. For long stretches of his career, he called himself Robert Jr. Lockwood to acknowledge Johnson’s influence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/arts/music/25lockwood.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
By JON PARELES
Published: November 25, 2006
Robert Lockwood Jr., the Mississippi Delta bluesman who was taught by Robert Johnson and became a mentor to generations of blues musicians, died on Tuesday in Cleveland, where he lived. He was 91.
Mr. Lockwood considered himself Johnson’s stepson, since Johnson had a decade-long romance with his mother. For long stretches of his career, he called himself Robert Jr. Lockwood to acknowledge Johnson’s influence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/arts/music/25lockwood.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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