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Fenton Robinson

Fenton Robinson has been played on NTS shows including Diddy Wah, with The Freeze first played on 18 April 2016.

Fenton Robinson (born Fenton Lee Robinson on 23 September 1935; died 25 November 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar. He recorded his signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", in 1967. The song was used in the film The Blues Brothers, being heard playing on the radio when Jake (John Belushi) is being transported and paroled. A cover version was recorded by Boz Scaggs in 1969.

His Japanese fans reverently dubbed Fenton Robinson "the mellow blues genius" because…

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You Don’t Know What Love Is
Fenton Robinson
Alligator Records2023
You Don’t Know What Love Is
Fenton RobinsonAlligator Records2023
Discogs
The Freeze
Fention, The Castle Rockers
Duke1958
The Freeze
Fention, The Castle RockersDuke1958
Discogs
Cryin' The Blues
Fenton Robinson
PM Records1974
Cryin' The Blues
Fenton RobinsonPM Records1974
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