At the Crossroads: A Tribute to Robert Johnson
featuring John Renbourn, Toshi Reagon and Gary Lucas
Thursday, September 14, 2000
8:00 PM
Merkin Concert Hall
Kaufman Center
129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam)
New York, NY 10023
Hardly a guitarist alive is not indebted in some way to Robert Johnson, the most important and influential Delta blues guitarist in history. Three eclectic talents will each illuminate a different facet of Johnson's legacy: guitarist John Renbourn, who weds the blues to his native British folk traditions, singer-songwriter Toshi Reagon, harnesses Johnson's visionary fervor and updates it for today; and guitarist Gary Lucas, who extends Johnson's ideas via his own decidedly post-modern avant-garde take on jazz, the blues, rock and folk styles.