Robert A. Johnson

Robert A. Johnson (born in the 1950s) is a rock and blues guitarist based in Memphis, Tennessee who is best known for his work in the 1970s. He is usually known professionally as "Robert Johnson." He is no relation to the 1930s era blues guitarist Robert Johnson.

Early in his career Johnson played in bands with Jack Holder and Greg Reding, who later became members of Black Oak Arkansas. Johnson's work became well respected by other musicians and at the age of 23 he was auditioned by The Rolling Stones as a possible replacement for Mick Taylor. Between 1974 to 1977 he went on tour as the lead guitarist for John Entwistle's band, known as "John Entwistle's Ox."

In 1995 he became a part of 'The John Entwistle Band' singing Lead Vocals and in 1998 he went on the 'Left for Live' tour with the band which was recorded and released as an album of the same name as the tour.

With his backing band the Bell Heirs, featuring Dave Cochran on bass and Blair Cunningham, he cut an album entitled Close Personal Friend for Infinity Records in 1978. The album reached #174 on the Billboard 200. He released a set of demos the following year. In 2008 Close Personal Friend was released on CD with bonus tracks.

Robert A. Johnson (South Dakota politician)

Robert A. Johnson (September 29, 1921 – December 11, 2014) was an American politician in the state of South Dakota. He was a member of the South Dakota State Senate. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Johnson grew up on a farm in Groton, South Dakota. He was an alumnus of South Dakota State University and was a farmer and insurance agent. He died on December 11, 2014.

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Robert A. Johnson (psychotherapist)

Robert A. Johnson (born May 26, 1921) is an American Jungian analyst and author. His books have sold more than 2.5 million copies.

Johnson was born in Portland, Oregon. He studied at the University of Oregon and Stanford University. In 1945, he went to Ojai, California, as a student of Jiddu Krishnamurti, an Indian spiritual teacher. In 1947 he began his own therapy with Fritz Künkel. He later studied at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland, where Emma Jung, the wife of C. G. Jung, was his principal analyst. He completed his analytical training with Künkel and Tony Sussman. He established an analytical practice in Los Angeles in the early 1950s with Helen Luke. In the early 1960s he closed his practice and became a member of St. Gregory's Abbey, Three Rivers, in Michigan, a Benedictine monastery of the Episcopal Church.

After four years in the monastery, Johnson returned to California in 1967. He resumed his career as a psychotherapist and lectured at St. Paul’s Cathedral in San Diego, working closely with John A. Sanford, an Episcopal priest, Jungian analyst, and author. In 1974, a collection of his lectures was published as He: Understanding Masculine Psychology. The book became a bestseller after Harper & Row acquired the rights. He was the first of many books giving a Jungian interpretation, in accessible language, of earlier myths and stories and their parallels with psychology and personal development.