Robert Jr. Lockwood

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The sweetest 9th chords ever... Robert Lockwood, Jr., also known as Robert Jr Lockwood, (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American blues guitarist who recorded for Chess Records in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a longtime collaborator and Chess Records studio guitarist for Sonny Boy Williamson II..... Robert Lockwood Jr. was born March 27, 1915 in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, a farming hamlet about 25 miles west of Helena. 1915 was remarkable because several other monumental blues artists were born within a 100-mile radius that year; notably Willie Dixon, Little Walter Jacobs, Memphis Slim, Johnny Shines, and Honeyboy Edwards. They would all meet up in the future..... His first musical lessons were on the family pump organ. He learned the guitar, at age eleven, from Robert Johnson, the mysterious delta bluesman, who was living with his mother. From Johnson, Lockwood learned chords, timing, and stage presence. By the age of fifteen, Robert was playing professionally, often with Johnson; sometimes with Johnny Shines or Rice Miller, who would soon be calling himself Sonny Boy Williamson II. They would play fish fries, juke joints, and street corners. Once Johnson played one side of the Sunflower River, while Lockwood manned the other bank. The people of Clarksville, Mississippi were milling around the bridge; they couldn't tell which guitarist was Robert Johnson. Young Lockwood had learned Johnson's techniques very well..... Lockwood's first recordings ca

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Just the Blues

Steady Rollin' Man

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Rough Treatment - The J.O.B. Records Story, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)

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Blues Routes: Heroes and Tricksters: Blues and Jazz Work Songs and Street Music

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Delta Crossroads

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Blues Masters - Disc 02 - Postwar Chicago Blues

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The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) - Midwest Blues, Vol. 2

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Blues Masters Vol 02, Postwar Chicago Blues

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Blues Masters, Volume 02: Postwar Chicago Blues

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Plays Robert and Robert

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Folk Masters: Great Performances Recorded Live at the Barns of Wolf Trap

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Sweet Home Chicago

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