1911年5月8日生於美國Mississippi
復雜的家庭背景和坎坷的壹生，讓他的音樂天賦有表現的機會。愛喝酒、喜歡旅行到處去彈吉他是許多藍調樂手的特質，Robert Johnson也不例外。他從密西西比三角洲的同鄉Son House、Willi Brown那邊學了不少，加上自己獨特的Fingerpicking和Slide技巧而建立起名聲。傳言他在十字路口用靈魂和魔鬼交換音樂技巧(Paganini也許是第壹人)，所以才會這麽厲害。電影Crossroad和Cream所翻唱的Crossroad，都能讓我們感受這個傳奇的魔力。Robert Johnson不只唱出了內心的感動，可說是影響了之後50年的鄉村藍調和搖滾樂的發展。他的影響遍及大不列顛的許多年輕人，這些人正是日後的Eric Clapton、Jimmy Page、Keith Richard等人。
Eric Clapton受到Robert Johnson的影響很深，他是這麽說的：
Robert Johnson to me is the most important blues musician who ever lived. He was true, absolutely, to his own vision, and as deep as I have gotten into the music over the last 30 years. I have never found anything more deeply soulful than Robert Johnson. His music remains the most powerful cry that I think you can find in the human voice, really. I know when I first heard it, it called to me in my confusion, it seemed to echo something that I had always felt.
據說Robert Johnson在1938年被毒死，但沒有驗屍也沒有人被起訴，這年他才27歲。Robert Johnson留下的作品不多，都是古老的Mono Recording。推薦這套哥倫比亞唱片1990年出版的《Robert Johnson : The Complete Recordings》，壹套2張CD，原裝正版中附有壹本解說詳盡的冊子（壓縮文件中未提供）。
最重要的專輯：King of the Delta Blues
最經典的單曲：I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
布魯斯歷史上最值得紀念的人物之壹Robert Johnson羅伯特?6?1約翰遜
1911.5.8——1938.8.16
雖然Robert Johnson壹生只錄制了29首歌曲，但這已足以讓他成為布魯斯歷史上最值得紀念的人物之壹。此外，關於他的壹些神話式的故事也使他經歷變得很傳奇。作為壹個吉他手，他有著“來自魔鬼”的演奏技術，他那巨大的手能按出對壹般人來說是不可能組合起來的和弦。那些對後來眾多吉他手有著重要影響的大師，如Muddy Waters和Elmore James，都受到了來自Robert Johnson的影響。
專輯曲目：
Disc: 1
1. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
2. Kind Hearted Woman Blues
3. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
4. Sweet Home Chicago
5. Rambling On My Mind
6. Rambling On My Mind
7. When You Got A Good Friend
8. When You Got A Good Friend
9. Come On In My Kitchen
10. Come On In My Kitchen
11. Terraplane Blues
12. Phonograph Blues
13. Phonograph Blues
14. 32-20 Blues
15. They're Red Hot
16. Dead Shrimp Blues
17. Cross Road Blues
18. Cross Road Blues
19. Walking Blues
20. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Disc: 2
1. Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
2. If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
3. Stones In My Passway
4. I'm A Steady Rollin' Man
5. From Four Till Late
6. Hellbound On My Trail
7. Little Queen Of Spades
8. Little Queen Of Spades
9. Malted Milk
10. Drunken Hearted Man
11. Drunken Hearted Man
12. Me & The Devil Blues
13. Me & The Devil Blues
14. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
15. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
16. Traveling Riverside Blues
17. Honeymoon Blues
18. Love In Vain
19. Love In Vain
20. Milkcow's Calf Blues
21. Milkcow's Calf Blues