Clinton Heylin

When the King of the Delta Blues came home — the family life of Robert Johnson

Annye Anderson, Johnson’s devoted stepsister, remembers how the travelling musician transformed her young life whenever he returned to Memphis

A rare photograph of Robert Johnson (left) with fellow blues musician Johnny Shines c. 1935 [Getty Images]
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  • Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson

    Annye C. Anderson with Preston Lauterbach

    Hachette, pp. 244, £20

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