Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist (1915-2006)
Robert Lockwood Jr. (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006)[1] was an American Delta blues guitarist.[2] He recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the only guitarist to have learned to play directly from Robert Johnson.
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Birth name | Robert Lockwood Jr. |
Also known as | "Robert Junior" Lockwood |
Born | Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, United States | March 27, 1915
Died | November 21, 2006 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 91)
Genres | Delta blues, electric blues, Chicago blues, country blues |
Instruments | Guitar, organ |
Years active | 1930s–2006 |
Lockwood is known for his longtime works with Sonny Boy Williamson II and for his work in the mid-1950s with Little Walter.
He was honored with the National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States in 1995.[3]
Lockwood died at the age of 91 in Cleveland from a cerebral aneurysm caused by a stroke on November 21, 2006.[4]
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