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Johnson's first recording session took place on Monday, November 23, 1936, in San Antonio, Texas. [2] A makeshift studio had been set up in the Gunter Hotel, where the recording equipment was located in one room and a second, Room 414, was where the musicians performed. [3]
Nov 23, 2016 · Today in 1936, blues musician Robert Johnson began his first recording sessions. The recording session was held in San Antonio, Texas, in room 414 of the Gunter Hotel, which Brunswick Records had set up as a temporary recording studio.
Five significant dates from his career are documented: Monday, Thursday and Friday, November 23, 26 and 27, 1936, at a recording session in San Antonio, Texas; and Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20, 1937, at a recording session in Dallas.
Johnson passed his audition with the Jackson, Mississippi, talent broker Henry C. Speir, who referred him to his American Recording Company (ARC) contact Ernie Oertle, who in turn set him up with a recording session in San Antonio, Texas, led by Don Law.
May 8, 2021 · Johnson's first recording session took place at a hotel in San Antonio, Texas on November 23, 1936, leading many historians to theorize that the Kalamazoo KG-14 was the guitar Johnson...
Aug 29, 2007 · Recording sessions. Around 1936, Johnson sought out H. C. Speir in Jackson, Mississippi, who ran a general store and doubled as a talent scout. Speir, who helped the careers of many blues players, put Johnson in touch with Ernie Oertle, who offered to record the young musician in San Antonio, Texas.
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