Re: Was Robert Johnson ever recorded in prison?

[The Bernadettes <mdestefano@xxxxxxxx>]

I've never heard of Robert Johnson spending any length of time or recording in prison (except maybe an occasional over night stay in a local lockup for drunkenness or vagrancy maybe possible.)  Sounds like your prof is possibly confused with Bukka White or Leadbelly whom were both known to have spent some time and recorded in state
penitentiaries.

Regards,
Don D.

Roger A Gonzales wrote:

> I have a question that I know somone out there in harp-l land will be able to answer.  I have a professor that kind of got in my face today because he said that Robert Johnson spent time in prison and that there is recordings that were made of him in prison.  I said to my professor that I had never heard of anything of the sort.
> I looked at several biographies of Johnson, i have a documentary about Johnson and have the complete recordings of Johnson and have found nothing about him being in prison much less recording there.  Can someone plaese let me know if they have any information on this?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Roger Gonzales
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