{"id":786525,"date":"2026-05-10T12:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/786525\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T12:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:35:41","slug":"gunter-hotel-celebrates-robert-johnsons-birthday-friday-with-live-blues-and-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/786525\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunter Hotel celebrates Robert Johnson’s birthday Friday with live blues and discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Credit: trueblueser.files.wordpress.com<\/p>\n

An event this Friday celebrating the birthday of blues icon Robert Johnson at Gunter Hotel will feature music, discussion and more centered around the legendary and mythic figure, who made his first recordings in the hotel\u2019s Room 414 in 1936.<\/p>\n

The gathering will include a free panel discussion starting at 4 p.m., featuring Alex Peterson, Glenn Peterson Jr., Nicky Diamonds, Colin Hancock and moderator Bria Woods of KRTU. The panel will touch on Johnson\u2019s impact on the evolution of blues, Texas\u2019 deep blues roots and the genre\u2019s relevance in today\u2019s music landscape. The discussion is sold out, but it\u2019s hardly the only event on the day\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n

The panel discussion will be followed by a 5 p.m. \u201cbirthday party,\u201d also free to attend, with a poem commemorating the event by Andrea \u201cVocab\u201d Sanderson, birthday cake, vinyl DJ sets and a crowd singalong of Happy Birthday for the fondly remembered artist. RSVP<\/a> is also required for this event.<\/p>\n

The event\u2019s ticketed musical performance is also sold out, featuring performances by the Grammy-winning Peterson Brothers, San Antonio blues artist Nicky Diamonds, and Austin guitar ace Sue Foley. If that\u2019s not enough to give you the blues, we don\u2019t know what will.<\/p>\n

But to pick you up again, a blues jam session led by Chris Cuevas in the hotel\u2019s Bar 414 \u2014 named after the room Robert Johnson laid down his immortal tracks in \u2014 is still open. Free with RSVP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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