Weepin’ Willie Robinson Dies
Sphere: Related Content“Weepin’” Willie Robinson, a blues singer who performed with Steven Tyler and Bonnie Raitt but also spent time homeless, has died at age 81.
Robinson had been a sharecropper, an Army veteran and a friend of performers, including B.B. King.
“He was truly the elder statesman of the (Boston) blues. He was our godfather. He was the most dear man,” Holly Harris, host of “Blues on Sunday” on WBOS radio, told The Boston Globe for Monday’s editions.
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His wife, Alice, died four decades ago.
Thanks for posting this. I hadn’t heard about this, I guess I am a little behind on the times. My dad was a fan of his. I’ll pass the word on to him.