Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr. | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Lockwood Jr. |
| Also known as | "Robert Junior" Lockwood |
| Born | March 27, 1915 Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 2006 (aged 91) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Genres | Delta blues, electric blues, Chicago blues, country blues |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, organ |
| Years active | 1930s–2006 |
| Formerly of | Robert Johnson, B.B. King |
Robert Lockwood Jr., a.k.a. Robert Jr. Lockwood, (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.