The Robert Johnson Songbook is an album

Album

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 by the British

Great Britain

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 blues

Blues

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 band the Peter Green Splinter Group

Peter Green Splinter Group

The Peter Green Splinter Group were a band led by the blues guitarist and singer, Peter Green.Green was the leader of Fleetwood Mac until he suffered a mental breakdown during the 1970s. He was rehabilitated with the aid of Nigel Watson, the late Cozy Powell and other friends, and then began...

, led by Peter Green

Peter Green (musician)

Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...

. Released in 1998

1998 in music

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, this was their second album. Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

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 and a member of that group from 1967-70, before a sporadic solo career during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The album consisted entirely of songs composed by legendary blues artist Robert Johnson, and featured a guest appearance by Paul Rodgers

Paul Rodgers

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, ex-lead vocalist of Free

Free (band)

Free were an English rock band, formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature song "All Right Now". They disbanded in 1973 and lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become a frontman of the band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums; lead guitarist Paul Kossoff died from a...

 and Bad Company

Bad Company

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, who later worked with Queen

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.

This was the first Splinter Group album to feature Roger Cotton and Larry Tolfree, after the departure of Cozy Powell

Cozy Powell

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 and Spike Edney

Spike Edney

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. The album won a WC Handy Award in 1999 for "Best Comeback Album".

Track listing

1. "When You Got a Good Friend"
2. "32-20 Blues
   32-20 Blues
   "32-20 Blues" is a blues song by Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, recorded during his second recording session in San Antonio, Texas on November 26, 1936. The song was originally released on 78 rpm format as Vocalion 03445, in April the following year. The title refers to the .32-20 Winchester...
   
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3. "Phonograph Blues"
4. "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"
5. "Stop Breakin' Down Blues"
6. "Terraplane Blues
   Terraplane Blues
   "Terraplane Blues" is a blues song recorded in 1936 in San Antonio, Texas by bluesman Robert Johnson. "Terraplane Blues" was Johnson's first single and it became a moderate regional hit, selling 5,000 copies....
   
   "
7. "Walkin' Blues
   Walkin' Blues
   "Walkin' Blues" is a song that was written by blues musician Robert Johnson in 1936.It has been later recorded by many artists, including Cee Lo Green, Muddy Waters, Colin James, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Cash, Hot Tuna, The Grateful Dead, Rory Gallagher, R.L. Burnside, Eric Clapton, Hindu Love...
   
   "
8. "Love in Vain Blues
   Love in Vain
   "Love in Vain" is a 1937 blues song written by Robert Johnson.The song is noted for its sad lyrics, tone, and style. In the 1991 documentary film The Search for Robert Johnson, John P. Hammond plays Robert's recording of "Love in Vain" for the elderly Willie Mae Powell, the woman for whom it was...
   
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9. "Ramblin' on My Mind"
10. "Stones in My Passway"
11. "Me and the Devil Blues"
12. "Honeymoon Blues"
13. "Kind Hearted Woman Blues
    Kind Hearted Woman Blues
    "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" is a blues song recorded on November 23, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas by legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. The song was originally released on 78 rpm format as Vocalion 03416 and ARC 7-03-56. Johnson performed the song in the key of A, and recorded two takes, the first...
    
    "
14. "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
    Dust My Broom
    "Dust My Broom" is a blues standard originally recorded as "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom"by Robert Johnson, the Mississippi Delta blues singer and guitarist, on November 23, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas. The song was originally released on 78 rpm format as Vocalion 03475, ARC 7-04-81 and Conqueror 8871...
    
    "
15. "If I Had Possession over Judgment Day"
16. "Sweet Home Chicago
    Sweet Home Chicago
    "Sweet Home Chicago" is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson...
    
    "

• All tracks written by Robert Johnson.

Personnel

• Peter Green
  Peter Green (musician)
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   - guitar
  Guitar
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  s, vocals
  Singing
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  , harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  
• Nigel Watson
  Nigel Watson (musician)
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   - guitars, vocals
• Neil Murray
  Neil Murray (British musician)
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   - bass guitar
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• Roger Cotton - piano
  Piano
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• Larry Tolfree - drums
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• Paul Rodgers
  Paul Rodgers
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   - vocals on track 16
• Street Angels '98 - backing vocals

• Kenny Denton - producer
• Andrew Scarth - engineer

Production

• Recorded at KD's Studio, Acton, London
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• Track 16 recorded at Lartington Hall Studios by Andrew Scarth
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