A UK television documentary film about the legendary Delta blues musician Robert Johnson.A UK television documentary film about the legendary Delta blues musician Robert Johnson.A UK television documentary film about the legendary Delta blues musician Robert Johnson.
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Robert Burton McCormick
- Self - Blues Expert
- (as Robert Burton 'Mack' McCormick)
Honeyboy Edwards
- Self - Blues Player
- (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards)
G.C. Johnson
- Self
- (as Gregory Johnson)
H.C. Speir
- Self
- (archive sound)
Storyline
Did you know
- SoundtracksPreachin' Blues
Written by Robert Johnson
Performed by Robert Johnson
© Copyright King of Spades Music USA 1978, 1990, 1991.
Used by permission.
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Good Documentary That Misses the Mark
I'm a big fan of Robert Johnson's music, & have all of his recordings on CD & digitally. Although this is a good documentary for 1992, it misses the mark in two important areas:
1) where is Robert Junior Lockwood in all of this? He was Robert Johnson's "stepson" (only about 4 years younger than Johnson), & an accomplished Blues singer/guitar player, who is reportedly the only person known to have learned to play from Robert Johnson himself, as well as being a person who played with him on occasion. A major omission for any bio of Robert Johnson. 2) I'm also a fan of John Hammond Jr.'s music, & have a dozen or so of my favorite songs of his. But for this bio, I much rather would have heard complete songs (rather than snippets) of Robert Johnson's own performances, than hear what was presented (JHJ playing & singing his versions of Johnson's music). JHJ did a good job on most of the songs, but for what purpose?
This film is a bio of Robert Johnson, & his music should have been presented on the soundtrack to a much greater degree, perhaps along with photos of the areas Johnson frequented, as they appeared then (if available) & now.
1) where is Robert Junior Lockwood in all of this? He was Robert Johnson's "stepson" (only about 4 years younger than Johnson), & an accomplished Blues singer/guitar player, who is reportedly the only person known to have learned to play from Robert Johnson himself, as well as being a person who played with him on occasion. A major omission for any bio of Robert Johnson. 2) I'm also a fan of John Hammond Jr.'s music, & have a dozen or so of my favorite songs of his. But for this bio, I much rather would have heard complete songs (rather than snippets) of Robert Johnson's own performances, than hear what was presented (JHJ playing & singing his versions of Johnson's music). JHJ did a good job on most of the songs, but for what purpose?
This film is a bio of Robert Johnson, & his music should have been presented on the soundtrack to a much greater degree, perhaps along with photos of the areas Johnson frequented, as they appeared then (if available) & now.
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- wrbtu
- Jun 13, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
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