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Thread #115426 Message #2470805
Posted By: Fred McCormick
20-Oct-08 - 11:51 AM
Thread Name: Robert Johnson: Almost electric?
Subject: RE: Robert Johnson: Almost electric?
Dunno. The only light I can throw on the problem is that Big Bill Broonzy was accompanied by Albert Ammons on piano, and Sonny Terry appeared just with his harmonica. I've no idea whether amplified guitar was used. However Broonzy had a lot of experience of working with musicians like Ammons where I doubt that Johnson did. Overall, I'd suspect Hammond would have recognised this and put Johnson on the stage on his own.
The pity is that we'll never know.