Robinson was born near
Greenwood, Mississippi. He left home at the age of 18 and moved to
Memphis, Tennessee, where he recorded his first single "Tennessee Woman" in 1957. Robinson was nominated for a
Grammy Award for the second, 1977's
I Hear Some Blues Downstairs, Robinson played guitar on
Larry Davis' original recording of "
Texas Flood". Davis later became a guitar player, but for "Texas Flood" Robinson provided the distinctive guitar parts, with Davis on vocals and bass, keyboardist
James Booker on piano, David Dean on tenor saxophone, Booker Crutchfield on baritone saxophone and an unknown drummer. In 1969 Robinson was arrested and imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter in connection with an automobile accident. Paroled after nine months, in
Rockford, Illinois. In 2014 the Killer Blues Headstone Project placed a headstone for Fenton Robinson at Booker Cemetery in
Marks, Mississippi. His signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime", was used in the film
The Blues Brothers; the song is playing on the radio when Jake (
John Belushi) is being transported and paroled. ==Discography==