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| A Tribute to Robert Johnson in Fairfield Fairfield Theatre Company in Fairfield, Connecticut presented a great concert in honor of Delta Blues giant Robert Johnson. Few remaining original practitioners of acoustic Delta blues to perform Saturday, September 16th, 2006. 91-year-old David "Honeyboy" Edwards, who has played traditional and unadulterated Mississippi Delta blues since he left his home in Shaw, Mississippi, at the age of fourteen. Robert Lockwood Jr, born in 1915 in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, and Steven "Blindlemon" McLean, all join local blues favorite and keeper of the Robert Johnson flame, Rocky Lawrence. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |