The Complete Recordings (Robert Johnson album)
The Complete Recordings is a compilation album by American Delta blues musician Robert Johnson. The 41 songs were recorded in two sessions in Dallas and San Antonio, Texas for the American Record Company (ARC) during 1936 and 1937. Most were first released on 78 rpm records in 1937. The Complete Recordings, released August 28, 1990, by Columbia Records, contains every recording Johnson is known to have made, with the exception of an alternate take of "Traveling Riverside Blues".
The Complete Recordings (Robert Johnson album)
Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is recognized as a master of the blues, particularly the Delta blues style, and as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as perhaps "the first ever rock star".
Alleged gravesite at Payne Chapel near Quito, with one of Johnson's three tombstones
Alleged gravesite at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church near Morgan City
Alleged gravesite at Little Zion Church north of Greenwood
The crossroads at Clarksdale, Mississippi