it's certainly not Johnson - unless his nosed changed suddenly and his droopy eye disease/condition disappeared. guy pictured has a lower left eye than right -but then 99% of all humans have one eye lower. this guy's 'lower' eye is entirely normal - not lower because of a medical condition.
Doesn't look like him. But, had I come across that pic at a yard sale I'd buy and frame it just because that guys a handsome dandy and it's evocative as hell.
doesn't even look much like Robert, look at this photo next to a known photo of him, only resemblance is the hat & it's not right either, Definitely not Robert Johnson,
its definitely him. the only difference is, in the picture on the right, his head his tilted forward, just slightly. look at his eyebrows, ears, nose and the outline of his face. its all the same. the chin dimple is even in both pictures, the picture on the right, its just a little harder to see because his face is tilted down slightly. the picture on the left was probably taken a few years before the one on the right. which could be possible. RJ traveled quite a bit. early on he'd look slimmer.
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Of course its not Robert Johnson , anyone who knows his music and is familiar with the accounts of all his friends and the dime store photo will tell you he had a lazy left eye..From Birth.. Does that man look like he has a lazy eye ?? cmon get real..
they'res a similarity no doubt....similar shape head and all of that. But theres one thing that really stuck out to me. The Nostrils. The man on the left has nostrils you can see. Johnson's nostrils are pointed more downwards and you cant really see them. Also, the man on the lefts eyebrows are raised higher than Robert Johnson's. its an interesting comparison, but I believe these are 2 different men
Although I like the thought of another image, with the 2 pics. side by side, I measured different distances with a dial caliper, although the images are different sizes. There are to many variences between the two, some are smaller and some are larger in comparing the two. Where one measurement is backwards from the other, and also from the next. They favor, but not the same person. I was hoping it was, but it isn't.
@Retardretroguy Also, though I love both, I'd say there's a world of difference between BB King and Howlin' Wolf in terms of low-down dirty attack (the Wolf had it) and I doubt many of the British blues guys ever listened to the Wolf and then RJ and felt as if the Wolf was a sissy. Every middle-class white kid in the Sixties worth his salt was covering the Wolf, Muddy Waters and other electric stuff (not to mention Chuck Berry) at least as much as RJ or any of the other acoustic stuff.
Robert had a smaller left eye (his left) than his right... You can see the defect in the known Johnson photo. Although the Eybrows are similar. The Chins give it away. These are two seperate people. Also look at the cheek bones. Robert had a small chin with no cleft. The other pic is very different. It was worth a shot any. Good eye!! By the way Guitar World Just released a NEW Proven photo of Robert and Johnny Shines. Check it out in the Febuary 2011 issue of Guitar World Magazine.
@sngncwby Yeah I was really excited when I opened it up and saw a pic of him i had never seen before. surely there must be a few others floating around out there, somewhere.
@nuttymanyelismate You're comment reeks of irony :-) You don't seem to know that much about RJ, blues, folk or popular music in general. Rock'n roll was already getting old when some british kids started idolizing Robert Johnson - and that was simply because they didn't know that much about blues, so Johnson was raw and real shit to them, because they compared him to likes of BB. King and Howlin' Wolf. Between '38 and 60's, only people who met him, gave a hoot about him.
@Retardretroguy Well that's not really accurate; Johnson was very influential on the Wolf for one, who played with him before later going to Sun Records,a predecessor to Elvis, etcetera. Muddy began his professional career when Alan Lomax recorded him because he was looking for a player whose style was similar to that of RJ, clear back in the 40s. And if you listen to white Sun Records artist Billy Lee Riley's recording "Red Hot," it's clearly influenced by Johnson's "They're Red Hot."
I once took a photo of Jesus hanging out with Mary Magdalene while vacationing at a spa on the Sea of Galilee. He gave me the finger then tried to smash my camera but I was still able to develop the film. You can buy an 8" by 10" glossy print of my Jesus picture on E Bay for $50.
@Gypsysaintloneyange.... No it ain't u look at a picture of Frank Bruno's face and matches closer to him than Robert Johnson. The eyes nose and even shape of the face are wrong with a capital W.
I BELIEVE IT IS ROBERT JOHNSON IN BOTH PHOTOS HEY THE MAN DID SELL HIS SOUL THE THE DEVIL AT THE CROSS ROADS AND IN THE DEVIL BLUES HE SAID YOU MAY BURY ME NOW BUT I WILL COME BACK SOON. WHO KNOWS NO ONE BUT ROBERT JOHNSON AND THE DEVIL HUMMM WILD IDEA HUH
Close, but it is slightly different, one thing is obvious his left eyelid is not drooping as roberts a condition caused by his blindness in his left eye .i.e. lazy eye i have the same condition an it always comes up in photos.
well, if you had a real picture of Robert Johnson you would get it certified by museum experts or someone. not stick it on ebay. However, if you had a fake picture of Robert Johnson the first thing you'd do is put it on ebay.
It looks CGI tbh as the paper it's on is a solid colour with only slight cracks but we know that paper would either go crumpled or have seriously more blemishes and cracks in the paper. Also there is the fact of the lazy eye argument
Definately not Robert Johnson. Johnson had a "lazy" left eye causing it to close a bit more than the other one. The gentleman in the ebay pic obviously doesn't, so it can't be the same person.
Nah. Eyes have the same look in them, intense, but Robert's got one eye small than the other. And his eyebrows are straight where the other guys has very arched brows. God old picture, though. If it isn't a photoshop job!!!
No it can't be him. Robert Johnson had an 'evil' eye, and you can't see that in this alleged photo, as you can in the confirmed photo. His head is a different shape and his mouth is different: On the right, his mouth is larger, and on the left the gap between his nose and his upper lip is too big.
if you compare the other known pic of RJ in the pinstripe suit holding his guitar then it does look like him kinda, the wrong pic was used for the compare...
Gotta be him, study the brow, the chin line, and the ears. He was a lady's man, nice looking. He had a "mamma" in every little town on the circuits he played.
Trivia: Keith Richards, when he first listened to Johnson's recordings, believed there were two guitar players; he would not believe it was only Johnson himself and it took some real convincing.
The lighting would make a difference. I wouldn't dismiss it as a possibility, especially if you look at his right eye. If it isn't him, it's a good resemblance. Thing is, these days it's hard to tell a fake from the real deal.
That is not Robert Johnson! Compare that yellowed picture to the one with him holding the guitar and you can see, clear as day, that you are looking at 2 different men!!
@slideharp1 LOL....i forgot about this comment i posted but it was only in regard to how stupid the argument was over if it was him or not...i thought i would just provoke it a little it is hilarious though...honestly i dont know who it is...
Set your mind at ease. That is NOT a picture of Robert Johnson. Robert had a cocked eye and was said to have worn his brim low over that particular eye. Regardless it is a fact that he had the google eyes and this pic is of someone with perfectly straight ones.
@ibanezman007 Im saying that Robert Johnson had a google eye and he always wore a hat crooked to cover it up. That came from one of his lady friends that was interviewed back in the 70s. Also some other accounts from others who played with him and were his friends as well. Source Robert johnson: The Search For Robert Johnson Directed by Chris Hunt 1992
Nah that ain't him . The guy on the left looks more like a skinny and short Frank Bruno than Robert Johnson. This pic there for to me is NOT Robert Johnson.
the big question if it's him or not cant be answered for sure. instead ask yourself if it's possible to sell your soul, and why did he had so much links of develish things in his songs. according to lore, Johnson died muttering about dogs getting him
Most people don't believe in higher powers because we humans are the greatest sceptics ever. unless we see it with our own eyes it doesnt exist. enough about that anyway, look at the nose. it's exactly the same! no two persons on the planet have the exact same nose. see it as a fingerprint..
well cant say for sure that it's him. But lets not forget that according to folklore he sold his soul on a crossroad. before there were no signs that a guitar hero was comming up. Nothing in the papers from that time.. nothing. he just turned great in his skills of playing overnight it seems. as much as a mystery it is, we cant be sure.
@HousWaus1 .... It dosent really seem much of a mystery at all. His style spawned from the regional blues of his era; Charlie Patton, Son House etc. and one can hear in his music that through his dedication and some travelling around drawing from other influences. there were a great many guitar hero's before Johnson came around and many who were more advanced and than he. His conviction is eerie and a thing of beauty. I feel that Blind Blake was the ultimate guitar hero.
Anyone saying a definite "yes" or a definite "no" is deluding themselves. The known picture of Robert, he looks like he's half drunk or hungover. Looking at the glassiness of his eyes makes me think that. The ears look too similar for comfort. If these photos were even a couple of years apart there is a good possibility it may be ol' Bob. As far as one being way thinner than the other, go a week without food and see what you look like. Remember, this is Depression Era and weight changed quickly.
If i had an original pic of Robert Johnson, Mate i wouldn't part with it for any money.
You should be able to get copies for free though Archives. I would say any originals would be under some national treasure authority for preservation purposes.
There's people commitied their whole lives into reasurch on the Delta Blues.
He never realy did die did he. He's proberbly the most talked about written about and fussed over blues Man.
eyes look farther apart and eyebrows are higher as well as the cheekbone is raised on the hat portrait, however, the angle of the heads are different.The tip of the nose doesn't look the same either, it's interesting though, close, very close, where was the photo on ebay from?
I don't think so ... the left eyelid (=right as we look at the photo) doesn't droop. Also, the eyebrows in the new pic are arched at the nose end, whereas RJ's are straight and rising in that spot. On the other hand, the right ear in the new pic does seem to project out at the top, just like RJ's. The left ear is not prominent in the same way.
Could be... closer than some of you think. Picture on the right is more above eye level, on left somewhat below... the dimple is slightly noticeable on the right if you look. His left ear (on our right) looks a lot alike in both. SOmeone should run it through facial recognition software.
very close but but i would say no. although the pictures are at a little bit different of an angle, his jaw line is different, nose is little different, the man on the left has a chin dimple and the eyes just dont seems the same. Im no professional i could be wrong but thats just how it seems to me.
This pic is not Robert Johnson, just look at his nose structure, ok, that is the tattletail that this is a fake. Johnson's nose is small structured, and more aristrocratic, then this man's nose. Sorry, close but no cigar!
hahah.. very good, I'm sure even Robert would laugh at this one. Imagine, claiming that this pic as one of RJ and asking stupid money for it? Seriously. RJ has become an inspiration to the rock fraternity, but he looks a dapper in this shot. Was he a dapper? Hardly. Great guitarist & singer tho, but this pic is a fake.
@Therainman5566. robert johnson is a god!! i want you to goo down to missippi stand at the crossroads dig a hole and then bury yourself. by the way your cat must be a very talented blues musiscian if you can make a better sound with it. maybe you should send a video to the guiness book of records with the accoumpany of you and your door slamming rythm. DONT YOU DARE EVER SAY THAT ABOUT ROBERT JOHNSON EVER AGAINI OR YOU WILL HAVE HELLHOUNDS ON YOUR TRAIL!!
It's not the same man. And I'm concerned the way the fake photo is so carefully rippled at the edges, as it would have been in the thirties, and has that faint sepia tone we always associate with "old" photos which become brown with age. This is almost certainly a fake. I would need more time to examine it, but I'm 99% sure. Also, look at the difference in their eyes. The real Robert Johnson has deep, passionate eyes. I see none of that in the fake photograph.
I'm sold. Looks pretty close in the cheeks, jaw, ears, eyes, temples and brow, the only noticeable difference is the end of his nose/upper lip. That could be a function of the wider lens and steeper angle in the authenticated photo - or of the whiskey;)
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Really, who gives a shit? This music sucks. lol. I mean really, you call this music? I call it whining and crying and strummin. WTF? From what I read, the guy was poisoned for messing with someone else's wife. Sold his soul to the devil for that? lol. Na, I'm sorry. This isn't worthy of any musical credit. Hell, give me a fifth of KY bourbon and let me sit on the porch. I can make better sound choking the cat and slamming the door.
Not only is the music you're probably referring to NOT Robert Johnson - but to say that only proves your stupidity, ignorance, lack of culture - and knowledge about music (from theory to the merits of technicality). Next time you may want to think before you post.
You can't make a statement like that and not expect to get chewed out thoroughly by someone who understands (and cares) about music.
and let me guess this fabulous person just happens to be you? You dont know anymore than the next clown about Robert Johnson, you only know your own opinion
@orgasmtron1 I'm not a music historian or an expert on delta blues, or deep delta blues, but I know for a fact that Robert Johnson was one of the most influential blues players that ever lived (despite being schooled by Son House, who admittedly, should probably be a little more influential) and that his legacy is completely shrouded in mystery and that nearly every major event/occurance in his life has been subjected to extensive questioning and generally ends up being regarded as myth.
@TheAbsolutionHowl Robert Johnson was schooled by Ike Zimmerman. Have you ever heard a Son House recording? All he does is sing and clap, and its not even in time in some parts
@magnum9987 I've heard countless Son House recordings. He was a slide guitar fiend and isn't given his due credit. Several of his recordings are singing and off-time clapping, but that just made him weirder and more enduring to me - so I delved into his career (and the delta blues) much deeper than I thought I would originally. Also, his picking style scares the hell out of me. I always wondered how many guitars he'd broken using the technique he does.
Let me guess that great person is you right? You dont know anything about robert johnson that you havent read like the rest of us. All you know and understand is your own opinion
I am pretty convinced it's Robert Johnson. The look in his eyes...oh, man...the way that photo seems to pierce my chest...the eyes are empty and without soul. If it's not Robert Johnson, it's another very similar-looking man who sold his soul to the Devil. Wow, that's gonna keep up tonight.
same guy. look at the forehead right above the brow, and then you can see it. i think the picture on the left was prob the last photo taken of him (26-27). younger on the right.
Video: 'A Search For Robert Johnson' John Hammond noted how beautiful Roberts handwriting was on his marriage license. So he could write = pen in his pocket.
Johnny Shines said R.J. taught him how to take care of himself while traveling [ hopping trains ] J.S. said that R.J. would un-roll his cloths with a 'pop' and they would be wrinkle-free, said he was a sharp dresser.
Willie Mae said 'he had one eye smaller then the other and wore a hat broken down over that eye' It may also be why his eyes are so 'open' in the pic, so as to make his smaller eye look more even.
The pic on the left is of a thinner person, hence the jaw line is going to appear a little different. The nose is a match, look at the bridge then account for the different angle. I am now even more convinced that it may be R.J.
I would like 'Honeyboy Edwards' to give his opinion on it. Also Willie Mae was still alive few years ago [ from Love in Vain ] that was Honeyboy's cousin who dated Johnson. If she is still alive it would be neat to get her response.
Overall as I study the pictures I must say that it is highly posible that it IS Robert Johnson himself.
To Further help the case, can someone give the source of the picture?
no, robert had one eye smaller than the other
Abe91195 3 weeks ago
it's certainly not Johnson - unless his nosed changed suddenly and his droopy eye disease/condition disappeared. guy pictured has a lower left eye than right -but then 99% of all humans have one eye lower. this guy's 'lower' eye is entirely normal - not lower because of a medical condition.
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handspringmatt 4 months ago
Ummmmm hell no that's not Robert Johnson, damnit let him r.i.p SHIT.
thewatlers 4 months ago
The Noses are different. Nope. Great look alike though.
lonnietj 4 months ago
I dont know... nobody knows, legend
danielstuartblues 4 months ago
clearly, not johnson.
caesarcerf 4 months ago
The name of the song???
Sissutube 5 months ago
no..thats his brother bill
darmp64 5 months ago
na dont think so the eyes are off
TheBlackestKey 5 months ago
@159theoriginal did robert johnson have a bad eye?
Th3Union40r3v3r 6 months ago
A good way to tell is if he has one bad eye..
159theoriginal 6 months ago
That actually looks like Charley Patton
jacksondemarre 6 months ago
Love the music. Don't think photo is of Robert though.
adesign101 6 months ago
dont think it is him but there has been a new photo discovered recently
jakewino221 6 months ago
i dont think thats him...
515742617000027 7 months ago
Hell to the naw...not even close damn! Leave it to the white folks, they all look alike.
cmclaurin244 7 months ago
@cmclaurin244 thats really racist man
MrPhsychedelea 6 months ago
Doesn't look like him. But, had I come across that pic at a yard sale I'd buy and frame it just because that guys a handsome dandy and it's evocative as hell.
DanMcCaffrey 8 months ago
doesn't even look much like Robert, look at this photo next to a known photo of him, only resemblance is the hat & it's not right either, Definitely not Robert Johnson,
mrbarber1225 8 months ago
dude robert johnson was well known by people that knew him that he had a bad lazy left eye, this guy dosen't at all
420RHCPfan 8 months ago
whats the song ?
berin08 8 months ago
its definitely him. the only difference is, in the picture on the right, his head his tilted forward, just slightly. look at his eyebrows, ears, nose and the outline of his face. its all the same. the chin dimple is even in both pictures, the picture on the right, its just a little harder to see because his face is tilted down slightly. the picture on the left was probably taken a few years before the one on the right. which could be possible. RJ traveled quite a bit. early on he'd look slimmer.
sewerchewer 9 months ago 2
I don't think so...but you never friggin know do you? Well as always...check my video's out...support unsigned artists and all that. If you do awesome...leave a comment so I can thank you and sub you...if not..still cool!
Rmorse711 9 months ago
Of course its not Robert Johnson , anyone who knows his music and is familiar with the accounts of all his friends and the dime store photo will tell you he had a lazy left eye..From Birth.. Does that man look like he has a lazy eye ?? cmon get real..
EBAY FRAUD...EPIC FAIL .
chokurei38 9 months ago
they'res a similarity no doubt....similar shape head and all of that. But theres one thing that really stuck out to me. The Nostrils. The man on the left has nostrils you can see. Johnson's nostrils are pointed more downwards and you cant really see them. Also, the man on the lefts eyebrows are raised higher than Robert Johnson's. its an interesting comparison, but I believe these are 2 different men
williwo 9 months ago
No, it does not look like him.
amberfwn 9 months ago
Although I like the thought of another image, with the 2 pics. side by side, I measured different distances with a dial caliper, although the images are different sizes. There are to many variences between the two, some are smaller and some are larger in comparing the two. Where one measurement is backwards from the other, and also from the next. They favor, but not the same person. I was hoping it was, but it isn't.
mskid68 10 months ago
@Retardretroguy Also, though I love both, I'd say there's a world of difference between BB King and Howlin' Wolf in terms of low-down dirty attack (the Wolf had it) and I doubt many of the British blues guys ever listened to the Wolf and then RJ and felt as if the Wolf was a sissy. Every middle-class white kid in the Sixties worth his salt was covering the Wolf, Muddy Waters and other electric stuff (not to mention Chuck Berry) at least as much as RJ or any of the other acoustic stuff.
RussMoxham 10 months ago 2
This pic doesn't show Johnson's slightly "droopy" left eye, and I don't think his nose really fills his face the same way.
luckeyeth 10 months ago
its defiantly not him, look at the nose, are you crazy?
WadeMitchell88 10 months ago
The gentleman in the unknown photo strikes me as looking a little older than Robert Johnson who died before 30.
bluesborn 10 months ago
"DA BLUES IS A LOW DOWN, STINKING SHIT !
DA BLUES......."
IGOROZKARSKY 10 months ago
Robert had a smaller left eye (his left) than his right... You can see the defect in the known Johnson photo. Although the Eybrows are similar. The Chins give it away. These are two seperate people. Also look at the cheek bones. Robert had a small chin with no cleft. The other pic is very different. It was worth a shot any. Good eye!! By the way Guitar World Just released a NEW Proven photo of Robert and Johnny Shines. Check it out in the Febuary 2011 issue of Guitar World Magazine.
sngncwby 11 months ago
@sngncwby Yeah I was really excited when I opened it up and saw a pic of him i had never seen before. surely there must be a few others floating around out there, somewhere.
Taraalcar 11 months ago
I look at the comments on the vids of Robert Johnson and feel pity for the idiots who have zero to comment on him!
He was the father of all you dumb asses hear today! Without him you would still be listening to classical music!
Fucking ungrateful bunch of twats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
nuttymanyelismate 11 months ago
@nuttymanyelismate You're comment reeks of irony :-) You don't seem to know that much about RJ, blues, folk or popular music in general. Rock'n roll was already getting old when some british kids started idolizing Robert Johnson - and that was simply because they didn't know that much about blues, so Johnson was raw and real shit to them, because they compared him to likes of BB. King and Howlin' Wolf. Between '38 and 60's, only people who met him, gave a hoot about him.
Retardretroguy 10 months ago
@Retardretroguy Well that's not really accurate; Johnson was very influential on the Wolf for one, who played with him before later going to Sun Records,a predecessor to Elvis, etcetera. Muddy began his professional career when Alan Lomax recorded him because he was looking for a player whose style was similar to that of RJ, clear back in the 40s. And if you listen to white Sun Records artist Billy Lee Riley's recording "Red Hot," it's clearly influenced by Johnson's "They're Red Hot."
luckeyeth 10 months ago
nope.
flashlight067 11 months ago
what is the name of the song?
thanks!
BandaSun04 11 months ago
I once took a photo of Jesus hanging out with Mary Magdalene while vacationing at a spa on the Sea of Galilee. He gave me the finger then tried to smash my camera but I was still able to develop the film. You can buy an 8" by 10" glossy print of my Jesus picture on E Bay for $50.
NunzOnDrugs 11 months ago
@Gypsysaintloneyange.... No it ain't u look at a picture of Frank Bruno's face and matches closer to him than Robert Johnson. The eyes nose and even shape of the face are wrong with a capital W.
ps3matty 11 months ago
I BELIEVE IT IS ROBERT JOHNSON IN BOTH PHOTOS HEY THE MAN DID SELL HIS SOUL THE THE DEVIL AT THE CROSS ROADS AND IN THE DEVIL BLUES HE SAID YOU MAY BURY ME NOW BUT I WILL COME BACK SOON. WHO KNOWS NO ONE BUT ROBERT JOHNSON AND THE DEVIL HUMMM WILD IDEA HUH
GYPSY ANGEL
gypsysaintlonelyange 11 months ago
@gypsysaintlonelyange crackhead
rondoliomercutio 11 months ago
RIP Robert Johnson,,,, HAIL Robert Johnson
fraterlucifer888 1 year ago 10
preposterous.
doctornoe 1 year ago
Close, but it is slightly different, one thing is obvious his left eyelid is not drooping as roberts a condition caused by his blindness in his left eye .i.e. lazy eye i have the same condition an it always comes up in photos.
deltabluesdavidraye 1 year ago
fake!!
thyrfing2 1 year ago
no way, the tip of the nose is different.
adamalmoni 1 year ago
You know what they say...all Robert Johnsons look alike.
hhowe511 1 year ago 13
@hhowe511 ha ha, you have a wry and resplendent wit.
doctornoe 1 year ago
@hhowe511 hahahahahahahaha
MrMott6669 5 months ago
well, if you had a real picture of Robert Johnson you would get it certified by museum experts or someone. not stick it on ebay. However, if you had a fake picture of Robert Johnson the first thing you'd do is put it on ebay.
knappydanny 1 year ago
they sorta look the same but:
the nose is not right and the clothes don't match the period either...
anyway...just compare the noses, they do not match!
WorldCitizen667 1 year ago
It looks CGI tbh as the paper it's on is a solid colour with only slight cracks but we know that paper would either go crumpled or have seriously more blemishes and cracks in the paper. Also there is the fact of the lazy eye argument
Killerzac 1 year ago
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Definately not the same person !
zavataz 1 year ago
its the same person...u can tell by the lips...no too ppl have the same lips
yumfreakintum 1 year ago
seeing the too photo's together you can see the differance straight away Robert Johnson has a slighter fater face and that lazy left eye too.
mikeyboyguitarmad 1 year ago
Definately not Robert Johnson. Johnson had a "lazy" left eye causing it to close a bit more than the other one. The gentleman in the ebay pic obviously doesn't, so it can't be the same person.
FullBlownRedneck 1 year ago
Nah. Eyes have the same look in them, intense, but Robert's got one eye small than the other. And his eyebrows are straight where the other guys has very arched brows. God old picture, though. If it isn't a photoshop job!!!
SongC4tcher 1 year ago
its him
zrocks2001 1 year ago
Don't think it's him...kinda close but that left eye gives it away. Think I agree with halfsloppy
rbutler8585 1 year ago
Not him. Robert Johnson had a bit of a lazy eye.
halfsloppy7371 1 year ago
nothin like him
raymartin10 1 year ago
no, it's too thin. it could be a relative, though. the nose is very similar.
stanleykubrick98 1 year ago
I really think that is Johnson, even though the nose looks different, its probably because the photo on the right - his head tilts forward more.
TheBostonChild91 1 year ago
yea roberts head looks more rounded
my1name2 1 year ago
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GroinOfHumo 1 year ago
Its him.
GroinOfHumo 1 year ago
same man
giles422 1 year ago
No it can't be him. Robert Johnson had an 'evil' eye, and you can't see that in this alleged photo, as you can in the confirmed photo. His head is a different shape and his mouth is different: On the right, his mouth is larger, and on the left the gap between his nose and his upper lip is too big.
MegaGriffTits 1 year ago
no, the nose is wrong
blungo99 1 year ago
I think....It's Him.
CalamityFramboise 1 year ago
Looks more like a painting to me
CamPulaski 1 year ago
theres this guy down the chip shop
who looks exactly the same wow!
ralphcraddock 1 year ago
if you compare the other known pic of RJ in the pinstripe suit holding his guitar then it does look like him kinda, the wrong pic was used for the compare...
blackacidoverdrive 1 year ago
I don't think it's him
fingersallen 1 year ago
Not him.
rinkster22 1 year ago
NOT!!!!
civilrights22 1 year ago
Gotta be him, study the brow, the chin line, and the ears. He was a lady's man, nice looking. He had a "mamma" in every little town on the circuits he played.
Trivia: Keith Richards, when he first listened to Johnson's recordings, believed there were two guitar players; he would not believe it was only Johnson himself and it took some real convincing.
Bombeni 1 year ago
Little known fact... Roberts Left eye was smaller than his right... Very easy to spot!!
sngncwby 1 year ago
That's not him
Blackswandreamer 1 year ago
his nose in other pics is a lot more wider than the man in this photo.
jendox87 1 year ago
Nope, doesn't look at all like Robert Johnson.
vanriver11 1 year ago
The lighting would make a difference. I wouldn't dismiss it as a possibility, especially if you look at his right eye. If it isn't him, it's a good resemblance. Thing is, these days it's hard to tell a fake from the real deal.
kamwrites 1 year ago
@kamwrites
The eyes do look like they could be the same. A shot of those long skinny fingers would cinch it.
qpwillie 1 year ago
What is the new song...?....Like it....
Knuckle95 1 year ago
IT´S NOT!!!!
fernandosauma 1 year ago
Could be Robert with his chin up.
dancingrizz 1 year ago
Hell no
rylydyly 1 year ago
yeah...nose is different...definitely not him.
wonderbrando 1 year ago
@wonderbrando That's the first thing that hit me, the nose is different.
slideharp1 1 year ago
That is not Robert Johnson! Compare that yellowed picture to the one with him holding the guitar and you can see, clear as day, that you are looking at 2 different men!!
doronm63 1 year ago
Who is that play the guitar???Thanks
Sissutube 1 year ago
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scott31780 1 year ago
@scott31780 BY WHOM???!!! LMAO.......
slideharp1 1 year ago
@slideharp1 LOL....i forgot about this comment i posted but it was only in regard to how stupid the argument was over if it was him or not...i thought i would just provoke it a little it is hilarious though...honestly i dont know who it is...
scott31780 1 year ago
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slideharp1 1 year ago
@scott31780 Sorry, I posted two comments and thought your one was from the other guy......."it's just been confimed"...lol
slideharp1 1 year ago
sure could be him
elswano1 1 year ago
Completely 2 different people.
0utlaw13 1 year ago
The pic isnt robert johnson, it was proven a while back.
No one knows who that was in the pic for sale but he wasnt rj.
darthpaul 1 year ago
I dont know...it's pretty close if you ask me!
ryanspeed 1 year ago
THESE ARE TWO PICTURES OF TWO DIFFERENT BLACK MEN
lotuswight 1 year ago
oh hell nah!
aaronamccoy 1 year ago
Set your mind at ease. That is NOT a picture of Robert Johnson. Robert had a cocked eye and was said to have worn his brim low over that particular eye. Regardless it is a fact that he had the google eyes and this pic is of someone with perfectly straight ones.
irate976 1 year ago
@irate976 So what your saying is that the picture at 0:35 is the real Johnson and the one at the beginning is not?
ibanezman007 1 year ago
@ibanezman007 Im saying that Robert Johnson had a google eye and he always wore a hat crooked to cover it up. That came from one of his lady friends that was interviewed back in the 70s. Also some other accounts from others who played with him and were his friends as well. Source Robert johnson: The Search For Robert Johnson Directed by Chris Hunt 1992
irate976 1 year ago
Nah that ain't him . The guy on the left looks more like a skinny and short Frank Bruno than Robert Johnson. This pic there for to me is NOT Robert Johnson.
ps3matty 1 year ago
the big question if it's him or not cant be answered for sure. instead ask yourself if it's possible to sell your soul, and why did he had so much links of develish things in his songs. according to lore, Johnson died muttering about dogs getting him
HousWaus1 1 year ago
Most people don't believe in higher powers because we humans are the greatest sceptics ever. unless we see it with our own eyes it doesnt exist. enough about that anyway, look at the nose. it's exactly the same! no two persons on the planet have the exact same nose. see it as a fingerprint..
HousWaus1 1 year ago
well cant say for sure that it's him. But lets not forget that according to folklore he sold his soul on a crossroad. before there were no signs that a guitar hero was comming up. Nothing in the papers from that time.. nothing. he just turned great in his skills of playing overnight it seems. as much as a mystery it is, we cant be sure.
HousWaus1 1 year ago
@HousWaus1 .... It dosent really seem much of a mystery at all. His style spawned from the regional blues of his era; Charlie Patton, Son House etc. and one can hear in his music that through his dedication and some travelling around drawing from other influences. there were a great many guitar hero's before Johnson came around and many who were more advanced and than he. His conviction is eerie and a thing of beauty. I feel that Blind Blake was the ultimate guitar hero.
MrDaemonB 1 year ago
Anyone saying a definite "yes" or a definite "no" is deluding themselves. The known picture of Robert, he looks like he's half drunk or hungover. Looking at the glassiness of his eyes makes me think that. The ears look too similar for comfort. If these photos were even a couple of years apart there is a good possibility it may be ol' Bob. As far as one being way thinner than the other, go a week without food and see what you look like. Remember, this is Depression Era and weight changed quickly.
karmabites1 1 year ago
If i had an original pic of Robert Johnson, Mate i wouldn't part with it for any money.
You should be able to get copies for free though Archives. I would say any originals would be under some national treasure authority for preservation purposes.
There's people commitied their whole lives into reasurch on the Delta Blues.
He never realy did die did he. He's proberbly the most talked about written about and fussed over blues Man.
Stringyheads 1 year ago
There are 3 known photos. Why dont you compare it to those photos, too? :-)
BigBossGator 1 year ago
It is Barbecue Bob
BrutusX3000 1 year ago
I would say no.
gearoiddom 1 year ago
Barbecue Bob?
StevenChandlerArtist 1 year ago
eyes look farther apart and eyebrows are higher as well as the cheekbone is raised on the hat portrait, however, the angle of the heads are different.The tip of the nose doesn't look the same either, it's interesting though, close, very close, where was the photo on ebay from?
GaRedMudPainter 1 year ago
I don't think so ... the left eyelid (=right as we look at the photo) doesn't droop. Also, the eyebrows in the new pic are arched at the nose end, whereas RJ's are straight and rising in that spot. On the other hand, the right ear in the new pic does seem to project out at the top, just like RJ's. The left ear is not prominent in the same way.
barkingchihuahua 1 year ago
Where's the lazy eye?
Middler124 1 year ago
looks more like a drawing. eh,.... mas o menos.
MrJTMagnum23 1 year ago
not too many pic's were taken of Robert Johnson.....doubt this is one of them,,I wouldn't part with my money for this.
babesbikesbeer 1 year ago
that pic is fuckin creepy
MetallicaFan1108 1 year ago
hard to say, might be younger in the unknown photo but I doubt it's him.
armanth13 1 year ago
I don't think it's real, if you read about RJ you know that he had an eyes disease, just compare his left eyes and you'll see they don't match.
SlidinDelta 1 year ago
Could Be Him.
dsuccezz 1 year ago
Could Be!
dsuccezz 1 year ago
Could Be!
dsuccezz 1 year ago
The photo is not "unseen," because I seed it.
guitarslim56 1 year ago
@guitarslim56 hahaha cute.
mrsmsim 1 year ago
Could be... closer than some of you think. Picture on the right is more above eye level, on left somewhat below... the dimple is slightly noticeable on the right if you look. His left ear (on our right) looks a lot alike in both. SOmeone should run it through facial recognition software.
onein7twist 1 year ago
no, it is not, it has a veeeery different nose
javierdeprado 1 year ago
Doesn't look like a photograph, but it sure looks like him.
H057IL3 1 year ago
he looks like him, but no...like someone said 'round here different jaw line and nose.
MoP86Cliff 1 year ago
I would say yeah cause of the nose and eyes.
crow66693 1 year ago
very close but but i would say no. although the pictures are at a little bit different of an angle, his jaw line is different, nose is little different, the man on the left has a chin dimple and the eyes just dont seems the same. Im no professional i could be wrong but thats just how it seems to me.
mikemkstR 1 year ago
Why do you show a picture of robert johnson and play this shit over it?
magnum9987 1 year ago
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what song is this?
zzchefzz 1 year ago
This pic is not Robert Johnson, just look at his nose structure, ok, that is the tattletail that this is a fake. Johnson's nose is small structured, and more aristrocratic, then this man's nose. Sorry, close but no cigar!
livndream4u2 1 year ago
only other black people could tell no guys
HRshuvinstuff 1 year ago
hahah.. very good, I'm sure even Robert would laugh at this one. Imagine, claiming that this pic as one of RJ and asking stupid money for it? Seriously. RJ has become an inspiration to the rock fraternity, but he looks a dapper in this shot. Was he a dapper? Hardly. Great guitarist & singer tho, but this pic is a fake.
bathtubgeorge 1 year ago
what song is this?
LTmattYT 1 year ago
It's hard to tell! It could, or it could not be RJ... But still though, there is some facial things that looks extremely identical!
Sigbred 1 year ago
nope
60bup 1 year ago
no eyes too large, chin too big
WhiskeytheCowboyCure 1 year ago
nope..... it aint him
aqaunetinurass 1 year ago
hmm...interesting. the wright ear looks identical
i think thats a real picture
banutzsmecherutz 1 year ago
could be..
jimmywhite17 1 year ago
it's floyd "money" mayweather jr.'s great grandfather
seraphs85 1 year ago
no its not
antovi 1 year ago
@Therainman5566. robert johnson is a god!! i want you to goo down to missippi stand at the crossroads dig a hole and then bury yourself. by the way your cat must be a very talented blues musiscian if you can make a better sound with it. maybe you should send a video to the guiness book of records with the accoumpany of you and your door slamming rythm. DONT YOU DARE EVER SAY THAT ABOUT ROBERT JOHNSON EVER AGAINI OR YOU WILL HAVE HELLHOUNDS ON YOUR TRAIL!!
cjselbs 1 year ago 2
It's not the same man. And I'm concerned the way the fake photo is so carefully rippled at the edges, as it would have been in the thirties, and has that faint sepia tone we always associate with "old" photos which become brown with age. This is almost certainly a fake. I would need more time to examine it, but I'm 99% sure. Also, look at the difference in their eyes. The real Robert Johnson has deep, passionate eyes. I see none of that in the fake photograph.
cmeeker9 1 year ago
I'm sold. Looks pretty close in the cheeks, jaw, ears, eyes, temples and brow, the only noticeable difference is the end of his nose/upper lip. That could be a function of the wider lens and steeper angle in the authenticated photo - or of the whiskey;)
cosmicarbiteroftaste 1 year ago
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Really, who gives a shit? This music sucks. lol. I mean really, you call this music? I call it whining and crying and strummin. WTF? From what I read, the guy was poisoned for messing with someone else's wife. Sold his soul to the devil for that? lol. Na, I'm sorry. This isn't worthy of any musical credit. Hell, give me a fifth of KY bourbon and let me sit on the porch. I can make better sound choking the cat and slamming the door.
TheRainman5566 1 year ago
@TheRainman5566 Let's see it then, bigmouth.
cosmicarbiteroftaste 1 year ago
@TheRainman5566
Yea man but it takes soul and emotion and feeling to play this kinda of music.
Which alot of so called musicinas these days LACK OF!!!
SpitMucus69 1 year ago
@TheRainman5566
its also music like this that will live on forever and never fade away
SpitMucus69 1 year ago
You sir, are an idiot.
Not only is the music you're probably referring to NOT Robert Johnson - but to say that only proves your stupidity, ignorance, lack of culture - and knowledge about music (from theory to the merits of technicality). Next time you may want to think before you post.
You can't make a statement like that and not expect to get chewed out thoroughly by someone who understands (and cares) about music.
TheAbsolutionHowl 1 year ago
and let me guess this fabulous person just happens to be you? You dont know anymore than the next clown about Robert Johnson, you only know your own opinion
orgasmtron1 1 year ago
@orgasmtron1 I don't claim to have total and complete knowledge of music - just enough to get me by.
TheAbsolutionHowl 1 year ago
@orgasmtron1 I'm not a music historian or an expert on delta blues, or deep delta blues, but I know for a fact that Robert Johnson was one of the most influential blues players that ever lived (despite being schooled by Son House, who admittedly, should probably be a little more influential) and that his legacy is completely shrouded in mystery and that nearly every major event/occurance in his life has been subjected to extensive questioning and generally ends up being regarded as myth.
TheAbsolutionHowl 1 year ago
@TheAbsolutionHowl Robert Johnson was schooled by Ike Zimmerman. Have you ever heard a Son House recording? All he does is sing and clap, and its not even in time in some parts
magnum9987 1 year ago
@magnum9987 I've heard countless Son House recordings. He was a slide guitar fiend and isn't given his due credit. Several of his recordings are singing and off-time clapping, but that just made him weirder and more enduring to me - so I delved into his career (and the delta blues) much deeper than I thought I would originally. Also, his picking style scares the hell out of me. I always wondered how many guitars he'd broken using the technique he does.
TheAbsolutionHowl 1 year ago
@orgasmtron1 What we know for sure is the music - and that music speaks volumes.
TheAbsolutionHowl 1 year ago
Let me guess that great person is you right? You dont know anything about robert johnson that you havent read like the rest of us. All you know and understand is your own opinion
orgasmtron1 1 year ago
I agree, how did they ever determine that this Claude Johnson guy was actually his son?
orgasmtron1 1 year ago
I am pretty convinced it's Robert Johnson. The look in his eyes...oh, man...the way that photo seems to pierce my chest...the eyes are empty and without soul. If it's not Robert Johnson, it's another very similar-looking man who sold his soul to the Devil. Wow, that's gonna keep up tonight.
JethroWilbury 1 year ago
what song is this?
LTmattYT 1 year ago
if it's unseen then how can it be sold, or put in a video??
Whitestripeslvr 1 year ago
interesting, but I don't think it's him ... it doesn't add up with R.J lazy eye .. but I am no expert ..
:)
stringmanipulator 2 years ago
Compare left picture with another 100% original R.J. where he smiles with his guitar. Constructions of heads are the same!
Polde1243 2 years ago
you can kinda see the difference in the eyes...but that must be the look you get when you meet the devil.
wikker 2 years ago
same guy. look at the forehead right above the brow, and then you can see it. i think the picture on the left was prob the last photo taken of him (26-27). younger on the right.
wikker 2 years ago
After a little more study of the picture:
Video: 'A Search For Robert Johnson' John Hammond noted how beautiful Roberts handwriting was on his marriage license. So he could write = pen in his pocket.
Johnny Shines said R.J. taught him how to take care of himself while traveling [ hopping trains ] J.S. said that R.J. would un-roll his cloths with a 'pop' and they would be wrinkle-free, said he was a sharp dresser.
mindscience2008 2 years ago
Willie Mae said 'he had one eye smaller then the other and wore a hat broken down over that eye' It may also be why his eyes are so 'open' in the pic, so as to make his smaller eye look more even.
The pic on the left is of a thinner person, hence the jaw line is going to appear a little different. The nose is a match, look at the bridge then account for the different angle. I am now even more convinced that it may be R.J.
mindscience2008 2 years ago
I would like 'Honeyboy Edwards' to give his opinion on it. Also Willie Mae was still alive few years ago [ from Love in Vain ] that was Honeyboy's cousin who dated Johnson. If she is still alive it would be neat to get her response.
Overall as I study the pictures I must say that it is highly posible that it IS Robert Johnson himself.
To Further help the case, can someone give the source of the picture?
mindscience2008 2 years ago
WOW it does resemble him, I wonder if anyone has ever tried to debunk that photo?
SECtennesseeSEC 2 years ago
Does anybody besides me think Robert Johnson might have just had some sort of serious hallucinatory mental disorder?
It seems like the only non religious explanation to the story.
TheKevinWalker 2 years ago