Photo of Willie Lorenzo Robinson, courtesy of Merlin Southwick, Mount Pleasant Home. At Mount Pleasant’s patio summer party – 2007. (MTHWillieRobbinson-BYP07WWR010)
Published at Boston Bay State Banner
by Margarita Persico
The squalling snowfall on a Sunday night didn’t deter the New England blues community from paying tribute to one of its own. Musicians, friends and fans gathered at Club 58 in Quincy in February for a “memorial jam” in honor of Weepin’ Willie Robinson, one of the local scene’s most revered figures.
He was also one of its most complicated. A steady stream of colleagues and friends, both at the memorial concert and in separate interviews, describe Robinson as a gentle, kind and beloved charmer. At the same time, other tales paint him as the proverbial “rolling stone,” a man who left his wife to raise their eight kids alone while he set out for a music career in the blues bars of Boston. [To continue reading click here]
http://www.baystatebanner.com/arts41-2008-04-03
