Eric Clapton once wrote that Robert Johnson's best songs have "never been covered by anyone else, at least not very successfully -- because how are you going to do them?" Now the rock guitarist has ...
NEW YORK -- Of course, Eric Clapton remembers the first time he heard Robert Johnson's music. He was 15. Already an aspiring blues guitarist, he would play a limited repertoire in the corner of a pub.
It's no mystery that no other individual has had a biggerinfluence on blues and rock than Robert Johnson. In addition to being the first bona fide guitar hero (uncommonfinger independence allowed him ...