Play Robert & Robert

Robert Lockwood Jr. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 3, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Evidence
• ASIN: B0000014OO
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,190 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rambling on My Mind

2. Kindhearted Woman Blues

3. Walking Blues

4. I'm a Steady Rollin' Man

5. Sweet Home Chicago

6. Little Queen of Spades

7. Western Horizon

8. She's Little and She's Low

9. Little Boy Blue

10. Lockwood's Boogie

11. Take a Walk With Me

12. See See Rider

13. Sweet Home Chicago [Alternate Take][#]

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Blues from one of the all time greatist bluesman, June 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Play Robert & Robert (Audio CD)

Blues at it's best, every song a true blues classic. Robert plays a collection of his and his stepfathers songs.(Robert Johnson-King of the Delta Blues) My favorate track is Robert's enduring rendition of See See Rider. All These songs are performed solo on the 12 String Guitar. Great liner notes that gives you great insight to the history of this legendary performer. If you ever get the chance to see Robert live, don't miss the opportunity to see one of the last living roots bluesman, it will leave a lasting impression on you.

8 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good, But People Get Carried Away, January 25, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Play Robert & Robert (Audio CD)

I think it's obvious that Lockwood is a fine guitarist, and that when he gets going he can be very good. I think, however, that Lockwood gets a lot of credit from his connection to Robert Johnson that has nothing to do with his own power as an artist. If you listen to his music from the 50s and early 60s, before he took his hiatus from performance, you can hear a very distinctive accompanist who feeds off the energy of the company he keeps and basically goes as far as they can take him. He had a fine duet with Ottis Spann that illustrates this point beautifuly. But listening to his own solo material is never nearly as inspiring -- and I've seen him perform in Cleveland and other cities on many occasions, as well as hearing his CDs. His renditions here on Plays Robert and Robert are a beuatiful illustration of that: the man's just going through the motions. He has none of Johnson's power or passion; he always sounds to me to be smooth and fluent, but a bit mechanical. This is an okay album, like his others, but I don't share the opinion of Lockwood's cheerleaders that he's a genius. Good, no doubt, but not a genius. I know Lockwood wants his due..., but I think he's made a good career out his his connection to Johnson, and he wouldn't have had any solo career at all if that story had not been around to support him.