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Robert Lockwood Jr.

American Delta blues guitarist

Robert Lockwood Jr.

American Delta blues guitarist
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birthday
27th
March, 1915
Death
21st
November, 2006
Birth Place
Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, U.S.
Birth Sign
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Biography

Robert Lockwood Jr. (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American Delta blues guitarist, who 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. Robert Lockwood was one of the first professional black entertainers to appear on radio in the South, on the King Biscuit Time radio show. Lockwood is known for his longtime collaboration with Sonny Boy Williamson II and for his work in the mid-1950s with Little Walter.

instruments played
Guitar
Organ
Also Known As

"Robert Junior" Lockwood

Associated Acts

Robert Johnson, B.B. King

Birth Name

Robert Lockwood Jr.

Genres

Delta blues, electric blues, Chicago blues, country blues

Years Active

1930s 2006

Name

Robert Lockwood Jr.

Nationality

United States of America

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