He just loved being on the bandstand. He’d kick the piano bench over and drop to his knees and play … he was a one-man blues party.

He wasn’t about technique, he was about feeling.

He had a smile and a good word for everybody.

Robert spoke to a whole audience who might never have thought of themselves as blues fans.

His truly beautiful voice and melodic, understated guitar style contrasted dramatically with the more rough and raucous blues and blues-rock that came before him.