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Four Influential Bluesmen Quiz
Test your knowledge of
Robert Johnson, Bo Diddley
Muddy Waters and
Sonny Boy Williamson
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Four Influential Bluesmen Quiz
Check out your knowledge of Robert Johnson, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and Sonny Boy Williamson in this Four Influential Bluesmen Quiz.
Robert Johnson
1.Which supergroup covered Robert Johnson’s song Cross Road Blues on their 1968 album Wheels of Fire?
2. How old was Robert Johnson when he died?
3. How many songs did Robert Johnson record during his only two recording sessions, San Antonio in 1936 and Dallas in 1937?
4. What was the name of Robert Johnson’s 1961 album which catapulted him to fame?
5. Legend has it that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads of Highways 61 and 49. In which town in Mississippi is this crossroads located?
Bo Diddley
6. What is the famous Bo Diddley rhythm usually known as?
7. Formed by Phil May and Dick Taylor in 1963, which Bo Diddley song did the band take for its name?
8. What name did Bo Diddley use for his songwriting credits?
9. Guitarist Norma-Jean Wofford joined Bo Diddley’s band in 1961. What regal-sounding title did she go by?
10. Bo Diddley was also well-known for his guitar designs. Which guitar manufacturer introduced the distinctive rectangular Bo Diddley Signature Model in 1999?
Muddy Waters
11. When Muddy Waters adapted Bo Diddley’s I’m a Man, what did he call his version of the song?
12. Usually used for his songwriting credits, what was Muddy Waters’ name?
13. On Which plantation in Mississippi did Muddy Waters grow up?
14. Which British trad jazz bandleader brought Muddy Waters to the UK to tour in 1958 and 1960? (He famously brought several major gospel and blues singers to the UK in the late 1950s and ’60s.)
15. Covered by Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters’ You Shook Me started life as the instrumental Blue Guitar by Earl Hooker. Which other famous bluesman, bass-player and songwriter added the lyrics, to turn Blue Guitar into You Shook Me?
Sonny Boy Williamson
The questions are only about Sonny Boy Williamson (II). Sonny Boy Williamson (I), John Lee Williamson, was also a highly influential singer and musician. Accordingly, both feature in the radio show.
16. Which instrument were both Sonny Boy Williamson (I) and (II) both famous for playing?
17. Which track on the Who’s classic rock opera Tommy was written by Sonny Boy Williamson (II)?
18. What was Sonny Boy Williamson (II)’s name before he adopted the original Sonny Boy Williamson’s name?
19. In the early days Sonny Boy Williamson (II) also went by the name of “Little Boy Blue”. Which two future Rolling Stones, and founding member of the Pretty Things called their R&B group Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys?
20. Which British R&B group did Sonny Boy Williamson (II) record a live album with, at West London’s Crawdaddy club in December 1963?
