Description:
The 29 songs that Robert Johnson recorded in various Texas hotel rooms in 1936 and 1937 are amongst the most significant and influential works in the history of blues music. It was thus very appropriate that it was to these landmark songs that Peter Green turned when recording the two albums which have done so much to re-launch his career, 1998s The Robert Johnson Songbook and 2000s `Hot Foot Powder`. These records showed a real return to form for the founder of Fleetwood Mac and one of the greatest ever white blues guitarists. The first justifiably won him a prestigious W.C.Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the second saw his Splinter Group joined by such blues legends as Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Dr John, Hubert Sumlin and Joe Louis Walker. The first 2 discs of this set comprise recordings of all Robert Johnsons songs while the 3rd disc contains Johnsons own recordings of the songs which made him a legend. So fans will now have the opportunity to listen to the original blues sorcerer alongside one of his most talented apprentices. (Snapper UK)
