Mississippi Blues Trail
Abbay & Leatherman, near Robinsonville, Tunica County
Abbay & Leatherman is on the Mississippi Blues Trail because of its association with Robert Johnson, who lived on the Abbay & Leatherman Plantation for approximately ten years, starting in about 1918.
![Mississippi Blues Trail marker commemorating Abbay & Leatherman, Tunica County, Mississippi](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MBT-AbbayLeatherman-commissary-mississippibluestravellers-P4300883-1662x1247.jpg)
This Mississippi Blues Trail marker is located outside the building that was once the Abbay & Leatherman Commissary. It is on Casino Strip Resort Boulevard in Tunica County, about 4 miles west of Robinsonville.
The GPS location of this marker is: N 34° 49.035′ W 90° 22.058′
The marker reads:
“ABBAY & LEATHERMAN – Abbay & Leatherman, one of the oldest and largest cotton plantations in the Delta, is known to music enthusiasts worldwide as the boyhood home of blues icon Robert Johnson (c. 1912-1938). Johnson lived here with his family in a tenant shack by the levee during the 1920s. The powerful and impassioned recordings he made in 1936-37 and often cited as the foundation of rock n’ roll, and the facts, fantasies, and mysteries of his life and death are a continuing source of intrigue.”
Here is a Google Maps location for the Abbay & Leatherman site:
Here is a Google Street View image of Abbay & Leatherman:
The “tenant shack by the levee” in which Robert Johnson’s family lived during the 1920s is no longer standing and there is little remaining evidence of Robert Johnson’s time here.
![Abbay & Leatherman sign on plantation commissary building, Tunica County, Mississippi](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/AbbayLeatherman-commissary_sign-mississippibluestravellers-P4300889-1662x1247.jpg)
![Abbay & Leatherman, plantation commissary building, Tunica County, Mississippi](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/AbbayLeatherman-commissary-mississippibluestravellers-P4300890-1662x1005.jpg)
Robert Johnson – Recommended Recordings
Robert Johnson’s Complete Recordings is an essential album for any blues fan’s music collection. We are currently recommending Robert Johnson Complete Recordings – The Centennial Edition as the version to buy. The remastering of this release has improved the sound quality significantly over previous Robert Johnson releases.
![CD cover for Robert Johnson The Complete Recordings - Centennial Edition](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/MBT_WordPressDB/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Robert_Johnson-CD_cover-Complete_Recordings-Centennial_Edition-1662x1659.jpg)
Available through:
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