Robert Johnson: rare new (third) photograph of delta blues king authenticated after eight years

The Guardian ^ | Saturday 2 February 2013 | Vanessa Thorpe

[SevenofNine]

I think we find out more photos of Robert Johnson could be in somebody photography archives

Only photos we saw to date in Robert Johnson box set

[left that other site]

Interesting that the person who authenticated the photo is named “Gibson”.

[a fool in paradise]

The Getty Images brouhaha came up when a FReeper made a gag photo composite of Kerry and Jane Fonda onstage together (they were at the same rally together, and even photographed in the audience together, but not onstage together).

It wasn't even up on FR very long before the Left used the photo(s) to discredit the existence of the real image of them together.

The partisan hacks at Getty do not give cease and desist orders to the OTHER websites that host any or all of the images (and google makes it easy to search for images) and there never was the same sort of "outrage" when some Rats added a young GW Bush to the photo of Kerry and Fonda in the crowd.

The topper was that the photo wasn't even uploaded to FR's servers, it was a URL reference to other hosts (sometimes media sites).

Getty sucks. And they lay claim to all sorts of promotional photos that they do not own exclusive copyright to.

[a fool in paradise]

I got to see/meet Robert Lockwood Jr. once. He was Robert Johnson’s stepson (although they were only about 5 years different in age).

Robert Lockwood Jr. learned guitar from Robert Johnson and Charlie Patton.

I don’t have the Robert Johnson boxed set (all the recordings), but I do have all of Charlie Patton’s recordings.

[SevenofNine]

OH Yeah I got Charles Patton box set that was good

Props to you meeting dude that knew Robert Johnson some Hollyweird script writer should do bio pic on Robert that be cool

[hoosiermama]

Your probably right. My uncle had quite a selection of blues recording. Bought some at estate sales in Gary. A couple of really cool pictures of a people tucked inside. Wish I’d been able to get to their auction sale. Couldn’t have afforded it if I had. Everything went so high.
But I have many fond memories listening to that scratchy music in the basement with Uncle explaining who they were and why they were great

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— He was known to sleep with ugly women, and did so one time too many as he was poisoned with strychnine and died a horrible death over a period of many hours. -—

It does bring to mind the crossroads legend (as does “Cream’s” live version of “Crossroads.”)