Guitarist Sherman Robinson, who played with Clifton Chenier and is now enbarking on a solo Blues career, was born in 1948 on this day in Beaux Bridge, LA. Robinson is a rhythmic guitarist as well as a great soloist and slide guitarist that combines Zydeco, Swamp Blues, classic electric Blues, and R&B into an intense, rollicking live show that usually lasts more than three hours. His debut release on Atlantic I`m The Man is highly recommended. Also check out Here and Now (Atlantic) and Gong Back Home on Audio Quest. Sherman Robertson (born October 27, 1948, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States)[1] is an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer, who has been described as one part zydeco, one part swamp blues, one part electric blues and one part classic rhythm and blues.[1] Robertson was born in Louisiana and raised in Houston, Texas.[2] At the age of 13, he watched a performance on television by Hank Williams. Duly inspired and equipped with a cheap guitar purchased by his father, he started playing the songs previously performed by Freddie King and Floyd London. As he lived close to the Duke/Peacock recording studio, Robertson took the opportunity to acquaint himself with some of the musicians who recorded there. At the same time, in his late teens, Robertson played in a band in various bars of his Fifth Ward, Houston neighborhood.[1] In 1982, Clifton Chenier heard Robertsons band playing at the Crosstown Blues Festival. Robertson moved back to Louisiana, learned to play slide guitar, and toured for several years in the 1980s with Chenier.[1] Robertson contributed to his Live At The (1982) and San Francisco Blues Festival (1985) albums.[2] After Cheniers death, Robertson played with Rockin Dopsie, appearing on his Crowned Prince Of Zydeco album (1986), and Terrance Simien & the Mallet Playboys, before going solo.[2] In addition, Robertsons guitar work appeared on Paul Simons Graceland album,[2] and he was on the bill at the 1994 Notodden Blues Festival. Robertsons Im the Man (1994) was the first release on the Code Blue label. It was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award.[3] Robertsons follow-up, Here & Now (1995), included his cover of the Tracy Nelson song Here & Now.[1] However the record label folded and Robertson re-appeared in 1998 on the independent label, Audioquest, with his next offering, Going Back Home. In November 2005 he released Guitar Man - Live with his new backing band, BluesMove. In 2008, Robertson and BluesMove played at the Harvest Time Blues festival in Monaghan, Ireland. In 2011, Robertson and BluesMove appeared at the Rhythm Festival in Bedfordshire, England.[4] In 2012, a proposed concert in Gaildorf, Germany, was cancelled after Robertson suffered a stroke.[5]
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