Robert "One Man" Johnson

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Robert "One Man" Johnson

Cast away images of hokey, cymbals-between-the-knees one-man bands. Johnson four-limbs his traditional American blues with guitar, high-hat cymbal, harmonica, and an incredibly deft left foot operating 12 pedals on a crazy floor piano thingamajig, the tone of which supplies bass notes. A true Wisconsin original, he’s traveled the world as a teacher and performer since the mid-1960s when he started playing in an Eau Claire coffee house. He’d be worth seeing if he played only one instrument. As it is, he’s a sum of the parts party and a chance to see one of the last of a dying breed.

press release: If you like the blues, this is a fellow you do not want to miss. Join MadFolk and Wild Hog in the Woods as we welcome Robert "One Man" Johnson a one-man band, but not a novelty act as so many such bands are presented. Johnson is a serious student of the ragtime and country blues styles, a heartfelt blues singer and an instrumentalist of great skill and exquisite taste.  He finger-picks the guitar in the "Mississippi thumb" style favored by so many of the great acoustic blues artists, while playing the hi-hat cymbal with one foot and the amazing twelve-pedal twelve-string foot­piano with the other.  To this he adds a harmonica in a rack, and sometimes a kazoo. Johnson's rock-steady sense of rhythm and his amazing multitasking talents blend these elements in a mix that propels you along as do the most accomplished and passionate of acoustic blues bands.

Location:  Wild Hog in the Woods Coffeehouse (inside the Wil-Mar Center), 953 Jenifer Street (entrance is on Brearly Street). 

Time:  Doors open at 7:00 PM, concert begins 7:30 PM. 

Admission:  Advanced tickets $14 available online at madfolk.org   

At the Door $16. MadFolk and Wild Hog members $15. 

Parking:  Free parking lot across Brearly Street from Wil-Mar.

Madison Metro:  We are on routes 3 and 4. 

Local food banks:  Non-perishable donations of food will be accepted.

New:  Our 50¢ cup of Steep & Brew decaf coffee is now bottomless!  

On the air at WORT 89.9 FM and wortfm.org Robert will be on the air at 11 AM the morning of the concert on Madison’s community radio station, WORT FM 89.9 FM and streamed online to the world at www.wortfm.org during the “Mud Acres” bluegrass show with Chris Powers.    Wild Hog in the Woods Coffeehouse (“the Hog”) operates a '60s style coffeehouse with live folk music and other special events, workshops, and dances in the Madison area. The Hog is a 503(c)3 membership organization, a not for profit based on cooperative principles. The Hog was started by musicians in 1978 when there were not many venues at which they could play their music. Members play an important role in the Wild Hog, volunteering their time to host the coffeehouse and other events, including promotion, booking performers, running sound, baking, newsletter and web site, and much more. We always welcome new members!   Madison Folk Music Society ("Mad Folk") is a 503(c)3 not for profit society dedicated to fostering folk and acoustic music in the greater Madison area.  Revenues are derived solely from memberships and concert ticket sales, plus special gifts from members and others.  Mad Folk presents six to 10 concerts each year featuring some of folk music’s finest national touring acts and often sponsors stages at local festivals and hosts outdoor concerts and sing-alongs.