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Other persons|Bob Johnson: See also Robert Johnson (musician) , a Delta Blues musician BLP sources|date=November 2010 Robert "Bob" Johnson (born 18 March 1944) is a United Kingdom|British guitarist formerly in the electric folk band Steeleye Span from 1972–77 and again from 1980-2001.
Johnson was born in London; his mother was a music teacher. He was educated at Westminster City School in London. He became a member of Steeleye Span in 1972 after being introduced by fiddler Peter Knight (folk musician)|Peter Knight . He first appeared on the group's fourth album, Below the Salt , where he took lead vocals on the track "King Henry". Along with King Henry, Johnson introduced many of the band's better known songs into the reportoire, such as "Thomas the Rhymer", "Alison Gross", "Long Lankin" and " Gaudete ". http://steeleye.freeservers.com/bobiv.htm Steeleye.freeservers.com
Despite taking lead vocals on many songs, Johnson was something of a background member. He left Steeleye Span temporarily in 1977 to work on a concept album, '' The King of Elfland's Daughter (album)|The King of Elfland's Daughter with Peter Knight. However, he returned in 1980 to record Sails of Silver .
After Tim Hart 's departure from the band in 1980, Johnson became the sole guitarist and a more prominent member, taking on a central role for the albums Back in Line (1986) and Tempted and Tried (1989).
Johnson left Steeleye Span in 2000 due to health reasons, but returned in 2001 to record Present--The Very Best of Steeleye Span . However, his remaining health issues prevented him from touring, so he was replaced by Ken Nicol (musician)|Ken Nicol .
Johnson is a qualified psychologist, having completed a degree with the University of Hertfordshire . He also gives guitar lessons. He and his former wife, Jane (now divorced), have two children, Barnaby and Holly. He is a second cousin to British singer songwriter Jonathan Taylor (son of Patricia Usher, Johnson's first cousin), who is noted for his work 'The Holocaust Denier' and 'If Only' which both received BBC and worldwide media recognition.
Taylor (born Warwick 1966) re-located to Bulgaria in 2005 enjoying success on several Bulgarian national television stations with 'Baba Marta' - believed to be the first ever song written in English about one of Christina Europe's oldest surviving Pagan Festivals.
Both Johnson and Taylor are direct decedents of Rebecca Johnson, nee Reeves, a pioneer in early cylindrical recordings. Joffrey Johnson, brother to Johnson's father was a member of the design and invention team at the then West Midlands Rover Plant and notably designed 'The Alternator', a replacement for the unreliable and dated dynamo system used within the worldwide automobile industry and further developed 'Air Conditioning Systems.'
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