Street Musician

By Robert Lee Johnson

Street Music In Denver

Street Musicians Entertain All Over The World

Many Street Musicians from the 20s and 30s

became Recording Stars

Some Street Musicians that made it big

and are now Musical Legends

Leadbelly

A Movie was made about the Life of Leadbelly

Many CDs by Leadbelly in the CD Shops

Lightin Hopkins

Many Recordings Made of Lightin Hopkins

Many CDs By Lightin Hopkins in the CD Shops

Blind Blake

Blind Blake is a Blues Legend

Many CDs by Blind Blake in the CD Shops

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Many CDs by Blind Lemon Jefferson in the CD Shops

Blind Lemon Jefferson was the first Guitar Blues Singer

to make it big in the Recording Business around 1925

Reverend Gary Davis

Street Singing Preacher

Many CDs by Reverend Gary Davis in the CD Shops

Brownie McGee

Many CDs in the CD Shops

Bill Bill Broonzy

Many Big Bill Bronzy CDs in the CD Shops

Merle Travis Guitar Player and Singer/songwriter

Merle Travis worked the streets in his earliest years

There are many street musicians today

For Some Street Musicians

in our time period

Working the Street for tips

is a way to survive

Street Musician is an honorable profession

Street Musicians are not beggars

Street Musicians are performing a service

They are entertaining

And Creating a Festive Atmosphere

Street Musicians bring happiness to people

with the Music they Play on the Streets

By Robert Lee Johnson

Solo Guitar Man

Lap Steel Man

Mandolin Man

Power of Thought and Desire

Basses Played by the Rock Star John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin

Basses Played By Stanley Clarke

The Street Musician

Some Musicians Play to thousands
In large Auditoriums.
Other Musicians play to
A hundred or so
In Clubs.
No matter how big or how little
Musicians love to play
For people.

Street Musicians
Are there
In a few places
Over the United States
And I suppose the world.
They too
Love to play for people.
So they find a place on the street
Where people pass by
And they play
For Tips.

The audience that loves their music
Gives the Street Musicians
Tips.
This is the Ultimate in Music Appreciation
Someone does not have to give tips
They do so because
They love the music
That is being played.

The Street Musicians bring
The music to the people,
And the people love it.
In the old days
Blues Players
Worked the streets
One became very famous.
Blind Lemmon Jefferson
Worked the streets
For many years,
Then he was signed to a
Recording contract
And the world heard
His great music.
He was rich,
With a car and a
Chauffeur
To drive his car.

Today
There are still
Street musicians.
In the West,
They have a circuit.
Street Musicians play
Washington State
And Boulder Colorado
In the summer,
And Arizona
In the winter.
They must head south for
Winter.

In the east
In New York City
There are Street Musicians who
Play the Subways
And Streets.
These musicians do so well
That they have assigned spots to play
To avoid conflicts.

I know of one Street Musician
Who plays the Subways
Who has a Master's degree in Music.
He makes enough money to
Take long vacations
That cost big money.
He earns more
Playing the street
Than he could ever do
Otherwise.

So there are affluent and
Respectable
Musicians playing
The streets.
However,
There are people who just
Make it,
With just enough money
To live
And survive.
But these people are doing
What they love to do most,
Play Music.

The Web Master

Robert Lee Johnson

Plays Guitar and Dobro, Electric Lap Steel, and Mandolin

Robert Lee Johnson Has Played Pearl Street Mall in Boulder Colorado

And on the 16th Street Mall in Denver Colo

Street Music In Denver

Power of Thought and Desire

Basses Played by the Rock Star John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin

Basses Played By Stanley Clarke

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Jerry Reed is Recognized as one of the Great Nylon String Guitar Players

Jerry Reed is one of the most imitated Nylon String Guitar Players alive today

The Great Playing of Jerry Reed Introduced Nylon String Guitar to Country Music and to some degree to all Pop Music

In Jerry Reed's Earlier Days He Played a Baldwin Electric Classical Guitar

Jerry Reed Now Plays Hand Made Classical Guitars

The Music Art Comes from the Guitar Player

The Guitar Merely produces the sound

Therefore Jerry Reed Sounded Incredibly good on the Factory Made Baldwin Electric Classical Guitar when he played it in the 60s

When buying a Hand Made Classical Guitar you might keep in mind that the sound, the tonal quality of the Guitar, how good the music sounds, will depend on you and not on the Guitar. Of course a Great Sounding Guitar can be inspirational to a player. And of Course a Hand Made Guitar is sometimes a Great Work of Musical Instruments Art. Some buyers of Hand Made Guitars consider the Guitar they are buying as a Piece of High Fine Art.

Jerry Reed is a Great Original

Who Will Never Be Truly Duplicated

Needless to say, Jerry Reed is one of My Greatest Guitar Heroes

Robert Lee Johnson, the Author of this Web Page, Is a Country and Blues Guitarists.

Jerry Reed was another of those child Prodigies who came to Nashville at a very early age, and has spent his entire life in music. I think Jerry was 18 when he moved to Nashville in 1955. Many Great Studio Guitarists were child prodigies. I think that to earn a good living playing Guitar, all your life, takes someone with the talent that a Child Prodigy has.

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What Qualities does a Great Hand Crafter of Guitars Possess

Many Jerry Reed Albums listed at the end of the article.

Jerry Reed said in an interview that he made recordings right away, when he moved to Nashville, but his early Records did not sell. Then Chet Atkins, Guitarist and Producer signed him with RCA Records out of Nashville, spotlighted Jerry Reed's original Style, and Jerry Started selling records big time by 1968. As far as stardom goes, Jerry Paid his Dues for 13 years before he made it. As far as making money as a Guitar player in Nashville, Jerry was making big time money as a studio Guitarists long before he made it as a Singing Star. However, Jerry Paid his dues as a Studio Guitarists also. No one comes to Nashville and Makes it big time right away, absolutely no one, no matter how talented they might be.

Making it in Music as an Independent Artist

Jerry Reed Played Guitar on the Recording Sessions that Produced this CD by Movie Star Robert Mitchum.  Robert Mitchum was actually a very good singer and had a couple of hits that were went high on the Country Charts. I saw Robert Mitchum on the Tonight show and he sang a couple of the song on this CD. I heard the Robert Mitchum songs on Radio when they were at the top of the Charts.  Robert Mitchum Said a Nashville Promoter wanted to book a roar tour for Robert Mitchum. Then Robert Mitchum said that he was not really a singer and did not want to pursue career on the road.  Most likely if Robert Mitchum would have gone on the Road he would have played to huge audiences which were his Movie Fans.

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Many Jerry Reed Albums listed at the end of the article.

It's incredible that singer try very hard to get hits, and all Robert Mitchum had to do was record a few songs and they became hits. And Jerry Reed Played Back up Guitar on the Robert Mitchum CDs.

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Blind Blake Finger Style Blues and Ragtime Guitar

BB King

Big Bill Broozny

Lightin Hopkins  Original Blues

Eric Clapton

Jerry Reed

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Street Musician

Street Music In Denver

Power of Thought and Desire

Basses Played by the Rock Star John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin

Basses Played By Stanley Clarke

Making it in Music as an Independent Artist