Topic: Anyone recognize this musician?

[Slack]

A friend was going through old family photos and found this.  She's trying to identify who this might be. This is from a trip her maternal grandparents took to the Ozarks in 1948.  Probably just another unidentified musician - but thought I give it a shot.  It's a nice picture.

[Johnm]

It is a nice picture, isn't it?  I don't recognize the musician, John, but if the picture is from '48 or earlier he looks as though he was born in the nineteenth century, maybe a contemporary of Henry Thomas or Gus Cannon.
All best,
Johnm

[Slack]

Yes, and it looks like a porter's hat he's got on the stool, so maybe a pullman porter.

[Mr.OMuck]

What a great photo! thanks for posting.

[Mr.OMuck]

Daddy Stovepipe perhaps? The faces really don't match up, but the Hats and guitars from earlier photos do.

[Mr.OMuck]

Earlier Stovepipe

[Mr.OMuck]

Ooooff! What was i thinking...It has to be Robert Johnson of course!

[Slack]

Of course!   

He's got his hat out, taking tips.  Where is he?, it doesn't look like the train. But I think it is his 'corner' - look at all the notes on the wall, I think those must be fans writing notes to him.  I'm guessing the pipe behind him is a hot water heating or a steam heating pipe.