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Bluesman ROBERT JOHNSON; Legend and Myth
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Los Angeles Sentinel
03-02-2005
Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and Tupac Shakur are examples of inspirational
musical icons who, although only with us on this earth for a short time,
provided us with barrier breaking, politically salient and culturally
poignant musical expression. Long after their deaths, their albums continue
to sell and their faces have become works of art within American culture.
However, long before Shakur chilled us with his complicated blend of rage
and sensitivity, and long before Marley made us yearn for a simple politics
of peace and love, Robert Johnson walked the earth as a ...
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