Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr. was born in Helena, Arkansas, United States on March 27th, 1915 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 91, Robert Lockwood Jr. biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Robert Lockwood Jr. (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American Delta blues guitarist who appeared on Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s.
He was the first guitarist to learn to play directly from Robert Johnson.
Lockwood is best known for his long-time friendship with Sonny Boy Williamson II and his role with Little Walter in the mid-1950s.
Awards and honors
- 2008 Grammy Award – Traditional Blues Album
- Street in Cleveland named Robert Lockwood Jr. Drive
- Blues Hall Of Fame inductee (class of 1989)
- 1995 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States presented by then–First Lady Hillary Clinton (1995)
- Seven-time W.C. Handy Blues Music Award winner
- Honorary Doctorate Of Humane Letters from Case Western Reserve University (2001)
- Honorary Doctor Of Music from Cleveland State University (2002)