A US company called Moments In Time Manuscripts, Inc claims to be offering for sale the selfsame Gibson L1 owned by Delta bluesman Robert Johnson. The company has set up a website showcasing evidence ...

In 1994, Gibson licensed the guitarist’s name and began producing a Robert Johnson Signature L-1. Ferguson and his team tested a number of L-1s from that era, but ended up making a few modern ...

It brings the total number of pictures of Johnson in existence to three. Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson was written by his 94-year-old stepsister Annye C. Anderson with author Preston ...

By the early 20th century, however, its development was accelerating. During childhood Johnson would occasionally rub shoulders with blues legends: Son House, a pioneer of the genre, once said that he ...

Billy Gibbons, the guitarist for ZZ Top, is a big fan of the recordings Johnson made that day. He says he's particularly impressed by the way Johnson's hands struck the strings of his guitar ...

WASHINGTONVILLE, N.Y., July 31 (UPI) -- A New York dealer claims the guitar it's selling for $4 million belonged to legendary Delta Blues musician Robert Johnson, but has no proof of its origin.

When Johnson came back from Arkansas six months later, he'd mastered the guitar. That's where the rumors about his deal with the devil came from, but Johnson acknowledged studying with a human ...