Annye Anderson in Person

9 College Street,South Hadley MA 01075

16 February, 2023

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Join us in person on Thursday, February 16 at 7 PM as Mrs. Annye Anderson talks about her book, Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson. She will be  joined in conversation by Timothy Eriksen. About the Book  Rolling Stone-Kirkus Best Music Book of 2020 “[Brother Robert} book does much to pull the blues master out of the fog of myth.”—Rolling Stone An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his family, music, influences, tragic death, and musical afterlife Though Robert Johnson was only twenty-seven years young and relatively unknown at the time of his tragic death in 1938, his enduring recordings have solidified his status as a progenitor of the Delta blues style. And yet, while his music has retained the steadfast devotion of modern listeners, much remains unknown about the man who penned and played these timeless tunes. Few people alive today actually remember what Johnson was really like, and those who do have largely upheld their silence-until now