Robert Lockwood

Robert Lockwood Jr. (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American Delta blues guitarist, who recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the only guitarist to have learned to play directly from Robert Johnson. Robert Lockwood was one of the first professional black entertainers to appear on radio in the South, on the King Biscuit Time radio show. Lockwood is known for his longtime collaboration with Sonny Boy Williamson II and for his work in the mid-1950s with Little Walter.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 27, 1915 (Turkey Scratch), Died November 21, 2006 (Cleveland)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1958

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer

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Recordings (Results 26-38 of 38 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Chess	U8192	10-in.	7/27/1956	Teenage beat	Little Walter	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8193	10-in.	7/27/1956	Take me back	Little Walter	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8205	10-in.	8/7/1956	Keep it to yourself	Sonny Boy Williamson	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8207	10-in.	8/7/1956	The key (to your door)	Sonny Boy Williamson	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8217	10-in.	8/15/1956	Alarm clock blues	Floyd Dixon	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8220	10-in.	8/15/1956	I'm ashamed of myself	Floyd Dixon	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8409	10-in.	2/8/1957	Fattening frogs for snakes	Sonny Boy Williamson	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8410	10-in.	2/8/1957	I don't know	Sonny Boy Williamson	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8433	10-in.	3/5/1957	Nobody but you	Jukes (Musical group : Little Walter) ; Little Walter	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8436	10-in.	3/5/1957	Everybody needs somebody	Jukes (Musical group : Little Walter) ; Little Walter	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8594	10-in.	Sept., 1957	Born blind	Sonny Boy Williamson	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8595	10-in.	Sept., 1957	Ninety nine	Sonny Boy Williamson	instrumentalist, guitar
Chess	8753	10-in.	3/28/1958	Your funeral & my trial	Fred Below ; Sonny Boy Williamson	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 26-38 of 38 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lockwood, Robert," accessed November 12, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/327777.

Lockwood, Robert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/327777.

"Lockwood, Robert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 November 2024.