Though he’s generally associated with Chicago blues, guitarist Fenton Robinson
was born in Mississippi on September 23, 1935, where he lived until he moved to
Memphis at 18. He made his debut as a band leader in his early 20s and cut
several singles for Duke Records before he moved to Chicago in the early ‘60s.
He became a fixture on the local circuit, and finally struck it big in 1967 with
“Somebody Loan Me a Dime”, which would become both his signature song and a
staple of the blues. The song went on to be featured in The Blues Brothers, and
was featured on Boz Scaggs’ 1969 deb...