Robert 'One-Man' Johnson: CALENDAR

Saturday, July 27th, 2013

Maucieri's

Saturday, July 20th, 2013

Maucieri's

Back again!   See you there!

Saturday, July 13th, 2013

Maucieri's

A weekly gig now and it will feel like home to me!

Saturday, July 6th, 2013

Maucieri's

Friday, July 5th, 2013

Maucieri's

Very excited to play this club.  Great Italian food and Dawn, the owner loves featuring live music.

Saturday, June 29th, 2013

50 Lakes Day Celebration

A family oriented outdoor celebration in the little town that Margery and I spend half the year in.  Great folks, lots of fun and food!

Saturday, June 22nd, 2013

Clinton Street Social Club

Last gig of the summer in Iowa City till September!  See you there!

Saturday, June 22nd, 2013

The Village Meat Market and Cafe

Wonderful food in a small room that is reminiscent of a New Orleans neighborhood smokehouse/meat market.  I really love to play my music in this little place!  I will be joined for this gig by Iowa Blues Hall of Fame members Dennis McMurrin and Dan Johnson.  We will take turns singing our songs and playing together.  Boy, you don't want to miss this!  Come for brunch or lunch.

Friday, June 14th, 2013

The Wine Bar of the Lincoln Cafe

Down from Minnesota to celebrate the wedding of a couple of good friends in Iowa City so I have a special evening scheduled at the Wine Bar!  See you there!

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

The Village Meat Market and Cafe

Come and have some great food, Czech, Creole, Cajun, or Cedar Rapidian style, breakfast or lunch, and listen to some blues and ragtime songs.  The small restaurant area is next to the Meat Market itself and Lou and those butcher folk will be glad to see you and I will too!   After the music, take home some sausage, steak or home-made bacon.

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

Clinton Street Social Club

Last show before we head up to Minnesota for the summer.  We will think about you all as we dodge mosquitoes so big they have deer ticks hanging off 'em!  Still, loons calling in the moonlight, fishing for crappies , bass and northerns, 9 dollars for 18 holes of golf, wine on the screened in porch, cool nights for sleeping!  Ahhh!

Saturday, May 4th, 2013

Uptown Bill's

I used to play the old Uptown Bill's when it was in the Uof Iowa Social Studies Building back a long time ago.  The new place has a wonderful stage and it is a joy to listen to music there.  I am really happy to have a chance to do my stuff for a new audience!

Saturday, April 20th, 2013

Clinton Street Social Club

Great food, especially the fries, great vibe, friendly folks...I love playing this place!

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

Stone City General Store

Always great to be back on the stage at the General Store.  Fireplace blazing, beer flowing, chatter and laughter from the usual suspects.  I will be showcasing songs from the new CD and lots of old stuff as well!

Saturday, April 6th, 2013

Lincoln Wine Bar

Old friend Mike Quick who tours nationally singing his original songs and wailing away on a Bischoff guitar will do the first set.  Then I will do songs from my new CD, Soft Shoulders, Dangerous Curves and we will close the evening with some stuff done together.   You will really enjoy Mike's unique chord structures and wry lyrics!

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

Jitney Wine Bar

A two-fer.  I will be presenting my stuff along with long-time friend and traveling blues troubador Rob Lumbard.  We will split the bill and then do a finale set together.  This new wine bar, just opened, sounds like a great new venue for live music.

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Concert at the Heyde Center for the Arts

Very excited to return to the town where we lived for 5 years to sing and play for people whom we haven't seen in many years.  I wrote quite a few songs during that time, many of them about the wonderful people from Frenchtown.  See you there!

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Mad Toast at Brinks

A live podcast, radio broadcast concert/interview that is held at Brink's a bar and music venue in downtown Madison.  High level video will be produced for Vimeo and for YouTube.

Saturday, March 16th, 2013

Benefit for Tim Kula

I used to play music in the bar and did a couple of blues festivals at Waubeek with John Hammond and also Bob Dorr's band. Tim just had a stroke and folks are gathering to offer him support.  I am not sure of all the folks playing music, but I will be on at 5PM.

Saturday, March 9th, 2013

Great Northern Blues Festival

I will be doing the between show presentations during stage changes and maybe a little MC work.  Magic Slim, a blues legend and Corey Stevens, a Texas guitar-slinger will headline along with three other great blues acts.  It will be a great day of the blues!

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Malarkey's Pub

Blues show preceding day long Great Northern Blues Society Festival on Saturday.  I am looking forward to returning to Wausau to play music for you guys!  It's been a long time!

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

Clinton Street Social Club

Hopefully warmer weather will have set in to Iowa City.  It's alway toasty up in the Social!  See you there!

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Lincoln Wine Bar

Chase the winter blahs away with a creative, wood-fired oven pizza and lots of songs from my new CD, Soft Shoulders, Dangerous Curves. Unless there is a shipping mishap from New Jersey, I will have copies available for the first time at this gig!  Always a great time, especially when Dale, Steve, and Bob add their instrumentation to my one-man routine!

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

Checkers Tavern

It has been a while, but I am very happy to return to a great neighborhood tavern with good food and a nice stage and sound.  See you there!

Saturday, January 19th, 2013

Clinton Street Social Club

Back at the Social...very cool new gastropub in downtown IC.  It is my third time and I am starting to feel like a regular!

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

George's Buffet

Blowing the Winter Chill away on a Tuesday night!  New sound system, new songs and hopefully the new CD will be available.

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

The Wine Bar of the Lincoln Cafe

Shakin' off the winter blues with some pizza and some new and old tunes.  As usual, expect the unusual with drop-in support from the neighborhood musicians!  A new sound system and modifications to the foot piano should make for improved listening.

Saturday, December 8th, 2012

Clinton Street Social Club

Starting an hour earlier, at 7PM, at the request of the boss.  I am looking forward to a return visit.  Really great food and the best french fries in Iowa City.  Goat sliders are killer too!  I have a new sound system and will add 12 string for this gig!  See you there!

Saturday, November 24th, 2012

Sackett's Bar and Grill

Back for another visit to my roots.  I have a new sounds system and will be doing the first two sets solo and ending the evening with support from old pal Tommy Swearingen on drums and Jimmy Windorff on bass.  Should be a wild time up in the northwoods!

Saturday, November 10th, 2012

Clinton Street Social Club

My first gig at this new venue.  They say the food is great and I am excited to play!

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

George's

Always a great evening in a warm and cozy neighborhood bar.  I enjoy playing music in this place!

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Lincoln Wine Bar

Back from up nort', hey?  Looking forward to a great night with all the wonderful MT Vernon folks!

Friday, September 21st, 2012

Maucieri's Crosslake

First time at this club which has really great Italian food!

Saturday, September 15th, 2012

Booyah Festival 50 Lakes

Annual Booyah Festival, featuring a gigantic cauldron of stew served up along with music by Robert 'One-Man' Johnson.  A great end-of-summer deal in the northwoods!

Saturday, September 8th, 2012

Sackett's Bar and Grill

It's been a long time since I played my hometown.  Looking forward to seeing old friends!

Saturday, August 11th, 2012

50 Lakes Bar and Bottle Shop

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012

George's Gourmet

A double bill at a great neighborhood tavern!

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

The Wine Bar of the Lincoln Cafe

Back from up in Minne-so-ta, doncha know!  Love that pizza!

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

South Main Events

Sharing the bill with Bob Goffstein, Jim Rossen and Dan Berkowitz.  We each do a set (they do crazy jump blues on guitar, harp and bass) and then we join forces for a wild finale set.  Last time we played the whole place was up and dancing!

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Brady and Jeannie Foust Monthly Salon

Private house concert

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Stone City General Store

First concert at Stone City since 1989 (I think).  Excited to be back on the stage that Margery and I hosted for a year and a half back before we went overseas.  Stone City is magical!

Friday, May 4th, 2012

The Wine Bar of the Lincoln Cafe

Last gig before we head up to Minnesota to fish for crappies, fry them little crappies up in a pan, and eat them little crappies all up!

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Shuey's

A great roadhouse near Iowa City.  I played there last year and had a great time!

Friday, March 30th, 2012

The Wine Bar of the Lincoln Cafe

Looking forward to playing on the new stage amongst the pizza lovers!

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Checkers Tavern

Back from New Orleans with the blues beneath my belt!  

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

South Main Events

Two shows in one and a combined finale set!

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

George's Gourmet

Back from New Orleans and looking forward to playing my music in one of the great neighborhood taverns!

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Prytania Bar

Impromptu gig at a local NOLA tavern.  Maybe a foot in the door!

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Boundary Waters Blues Festival

I will be doing my show on the Acoustic Stage.

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

South Main Events

It will be great to be back to South Main, a great venue with a house concert feel.  I have offered Pam and the crew to do an afternoon show for the kids with songs from my children's album Don't Make a Dinosaur Sore and traditional kids folk songs.  Then, in the evening, I will sing a bunch of my new songs written this year while in Bangkok mixed with songs from my 9 CDs and a whole lot of ancient blues tunes from all those old dead guys!  Looking forward to seeing you there!

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Lincoln Wine Bar

A great little place to enjoy music and a glass or two of wine before and after your meal at the Lincoln Cafe.

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Checkers Tavern

Checkers is Cedar Rapids finest venue for Blues music.  

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Ad Here the 13th

Ad Here the 13th is a tiny little blues bar with a great ambience.  It has music 7 nights a week and is the only true Blues venue in Bangkok.  I will be playing every Tuesday in April and May as an opening for a blues group that begins their first set at 9:30.

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Phuket Blues and Rock Festival

I will be playing three afternoon shows in the Hilton Lobby and opening the Festival music performances at 6PM on the 24th.  Headline acts during the festival include Curtis Salgado, blues diva Kandy Kane and many others.

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Nomads

Easy to get to just off Silom on Soi 4 at the end of the single block.

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Nomads

blues, rags, field hollers and lots of original songs on guitar, harmonica, foot bass box and cymbal

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Log Home

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Nomads

blues, rags, field hollers and lots of original songs on guitar, harmonica, foot bass box and cymbal

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Log Home

blues, rags, field hollers and lots of original songs on guitar, harmonica, foot bass box and cymbal

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Log Home

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Phuket Blues and Rock Festival

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Log Home

Regular Monday night gig with Don, Joe and Muek.

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Log Home

A variety of music styles and genre with me singing original and classic blues, rags and rock and supporting Joe and Don on cover songs from the 70s. I play guitar and harmonica along with high hat cymbal and a bass stomp box. Joe does acoustic guitar with folk songs, especially Dylan. Don plays electric guitar and sings almost anything from Johnny Cash to Van Morrison. Muek plays keyboards.  Sometimes other folks sit in and sometimes Nong sings powerful woman blues. Expat crowd mixed with Thai music aficionados.

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Nomads

Nomads is a live music club featuring all types of music from Punk to Funk and Blues to Rock from various time periods.  It is located at the far end of Silom Soi 4 and worth the one block walk.  

I will be singing my original and classic blues with guitars (electric and slide), harmonica, high-hat cymbal and bass stomp box.  My set begins at about 10:00.

Opening act at 8:30 is Matthew Fisher and closing show at 11:30 is British blues singer, Andy Martin.