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Seventy-Nine Years Ago Today: Robert Johnson In The Studio

November 23, 2015 · Leave a Comment

On This Diety:

Seventy-nine years ago today, the legendary bluesman, Robert Johnson, made his recording debut in room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas – one of only two recording sessions he would make in his short life, but whose sounds would ignite the entire post-war world …


Radio Diaries:

November 23, 1936 was a good day for recorded music. Two men – an ocean apart – sat before a microphone and began to play. One was a cello prodigy who had performed for the Queen of Spain; the other played guitar and was a regular in the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta.


Listen to this episode of the always excellent Radio Diaries:

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