Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
Musician, entertainer, international educator
Born:
Robert Vernon Valentine Johnson, 1942, Wisconsin, USA
Education:
BA University of Wisconsin Eau Claire 1967 MA University of Iowa 1990
Married:
1972 Margery Fairchild
International Teaching Posts:
1983-88 Turkey: Uskudar American School for Girls; Robert College of Istanbul
1990-93 Japan: Nagoya International School
1993-1998 Saudi Arabia: Yanbu International School
1998-2000 Turkey: Robert College of Istanbul
2000-2007 China: Shanghai American School
2009-2011 Thailand: International School of Bangkok
Robert 'One-Man' Johnson
sings classic and original blues & ragtime songs and plays
guitar, harmonica, hi-hat cymbal and footpiano
...simultaneously
Discography:
1976 Sweet Mama, Don't Let It Fall!
1978 '54 Chevrolet Panel Truck Blues
1986 Istanbul'da Bir Amerikali
1987 Blues Ne Renk'dir?
1989 Mideast/Midwest
1991 Bruise..Live in Nagoya
2000 Let's Get Primitive
2001 Don't Make a Dinosaur Sore
2004 Flusteration!
2005 So Many Roads To Ramble
2006 50/50
Major Musical Influences:
Jesse 'Lone-Cat' Fuller, Mose Allison, Lightnin' Hopkins
Sleepy John Estes, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf
Some Performance Credits:
Concerts and Festivals at more than 200 colleges and universities in the US
5 appearances on 'A Prairie Home Companion'
Some Club and Concert spots:
Museum of Modern Art, Lone Star Cafe, New York City,
Stanhope House, Stanhope,New Jersey
Somebody Else's Troubles,Chicagofest, Earl of Old Town, Chicago
Tiptina's, Tulanefest, New Orleans
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
Summerfest, Blue River Cafe Milwaukee
Main Point, Philadelphia
Bottom Line, Little Village, Country Joe, Nagoya
Artist Quarter, William's Pub, Minneapolis
House of Blues and Jazz, Shanghai
Milano, Nomads, Log Home, Bangkok
Jazz Cafe, Turkish Television, Istanbul
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, Davenport
Major venue opening act work with:
Bonnie Raitt, Dr. John, Muddy Waters, Dave Van Ronk, Hall and Oates,
Leon Redbone, John Prine, Willie Dixon, James Cotton, Mojo Buford,
Mose Allison, Phoebe Snow, Captain Beefheart, Eric Andersen, Mink Deville,
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Corky Siegel,
George Porter All Stars, Commander Cody, Bonnie Koloc, Koko Taylor,
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Dave 'Snaker' Ray, Spider John Koerner
John Hammond, Luther Allison, and Bulent Ortacgil and Erkan Ogur