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| Born | May 8, 1911 |
| Hometown | Hazlehurst, Mississippi, United States |
| Spouse | Calleta "Callie" Craft (m 1931 - 1938) , Virginia Travis (m 1929 - 1930) |
| Parents | Julia Major Dodds , Noah Johnson |
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“In the Canon of the Blues, His Songs Are Really Top of the Heap”: Walter Trout Explains Why Robert Johnson Is Considered in a League of His Own
- Covered by the likes of Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson’s originals are the ground zero of recorded Delta blues
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'He was like a superhero.' Renowned Rochester poet Bobby Johnson dies
"He had a very magnetic personality. He brought life to the party; it was just boring without him."
