Sherman Robertson

Sherman Robertson (born October 27, 1948, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United

States) is an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer, who has been

described as "one part zydeco, one part swamp blues, one part electric blues and

one part classic rhythm and blues."Robertson was born in Louisiana and raised in

Houston, Texas. At the age of 13, he watched a performance on television by

Hank Williams. Duly inspired and equipped with a cheap guitar purchased by his

father, he started playing the songs previously performed by Freddie King and

Floyd London. As he lived close to the Duke/Peacock recording studio, Robertson

took the opportunity to acquaint himself with some of the musicians who recorded

there. At the same time, in his late teens, Robertson played in a band in various

bars of his Fifth Ward, Houston neighborhood.

In 1982, Clifton Chenier heard Robertson's band playing at the Crosstown Blues

Festival. Robertson moved back to Louisiana, learned to play slide guitar, and

toured for several years in the 1980s with Chenier. Robertson contributed to his

Live At The (1982) and San Francisco Blues Festival (1985) albums. After

Chenier's death, Robertson played with Rockin' Dopsie, appearing on his Crowned

Prince Of Zydeco album (1986), and Terrance Simien & the Mallet Playboys, before going solo.

In addition, Robertson's guitar work appeared on Paul Simon's Graceland album, and he was on the bill at the 1994 Notodden Blues Festival.

Robertson's I'm the Man (1994) was the first release on the Code Blue label. It was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award. Robertson's follow-up,

Here & Now (1995), included his cover of the Tracy Nelson song "Here & Now". However the record label folded and Robertson re-appeared in

1998 on the independent label, Audioquest, with his next offering, Going Back Home. In November 2005 he released Guitar Man - Live with his new

backing band, BluesMove.

In 2008 Robertson & BluesMove played at the Harvest Time Blues festival in Monaghan, Ireland.