Friday, April 23, 2004

Robert Jr. Lockwood

Robert Jr. Lockwood
aka: Robert Lockwood *, Robert Lockwood Jr. **
Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, United States
Delta blues, Electric blues, Chicago blues, Country blues

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. Lockwood is known for his longtime collaboration with Sonny Boy Williamson II and for his work in the mid-1950s with Little Walter.


Steady Rollin' Man (1973) rec.'70
Contrasts (1974)
Blues Live! (1975) Robert Jr. Lockwood & The Aces
...Does 12 (1977)
I Got to Find Me a Woman ** (1997)
Just the Blues (1999)
Delta Crossroads ** (2000)
Ramblin' on My Mind ** (2000) rec.'82
Sweet Home Chicago: The JOB Sessions 1951-1955 (2001) with Johnny Shines
The Legend Live ** (2003)
The Blues of... ** (2004) with Boogie Bill Webb