Not only did Robert Lockwood Jr. learn the blue from Johnson it was said that on one occasion Robert Johnson played on one side of the Sunflower River, while Lockwood played on the other, with the people of Clarksdale, Mississippi milling about the bridge, supposedly unable to tell which guitarist was the real Robert Johnson. This would have been when Lockwood was a teenager. He cut his teeth playing fish fries and jukejoints throughout the delta in the thirties, emerged as a groundbreaking radio star in the 40's and became a much sought after sideman on the Chicago blues scene in the 50's.
   In 1961 Lockwood relocated to his wife's hometown of Cleveland, Ohio where he continued to perform and record until shortly before his death in 2006. I had the great good fortune to see him many times over the years, including the last time when I, a friend and my long-suffering wife stood in the rain for 3 hours to see Robert, still brilliant at the age 89. He did cover some of Johnson's blues but when I saw him he was playing in a much jazzier style with the smoothest feathery touch on his 12-string.
   Sorry for the tangent but I never miss a chance to give Robert Lockwood Jr. props on Mudcat. He's definitely a superb artist worth getting to know, but I wouldn't recommend the stuff on Youtube. They named a street after him in Cleveland.