" Me And The Devil Blues " (1937,Dallas) ROBERT JOHNSON EARLY COUNTRY BLUES Alger "Texas" Alexander Pink Anderson Barbecue Bob Hicks Scrapper Blackwell Black Ace Blind Blake Big Bill Broonzy Richard "Rabbit" Brown Willie Brown Bumble Bee Slim Gus Cannon Bo Carter Sam Collins Floyd Council Ida Cox (1896-1967) Gary Davis (1896-1972) Sleepy John Estes (1904-1977) Blind Boy Fuller (1908-1941) Jesse Fuller (1896-1976) Billy Garland (1918-1960) Jazz Gillum (1904-1966) Shirley Griffith (1908-1974) Arvella Gray (1906-1980) Smokey Hogg (1914-1960) Lightnin Hopkins (1912-1982) Son House (c. 1902-1988) Peg Leg Howell (1888-1966) Alberta Hunter (1895-1984) Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893-1966) Jim Jackson (c. 1884-1937) John Jackson Skip James (1902-1969) Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929) Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945) Lonnie Johnson (1894-1970) Robert Johnson (1911-1938) Tommy Johnson (1896-1956) Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (c. 1889-1949) Furry Lewis (1899-1981) Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976) Cripple Clarence Lofton (1887-1957) Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1915-2006) Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972) Brownie McGhee (1915-1996) Blind Willie McTell (1901-1959) The Memphis Jug Band Big Maceo Merriweather (1905-1953) Eugene "Buddy" Moss (c. 1914-1984) Memphis Minnie (1897-1973) Charlie Patton (1891-1934) Piano Red (1911-1985) Ma Rainey (1886-1939) Tampa Red (1904-1981) Bessie Smith (1894-1937) Victoria Spivey (1908-1976) Frank Stokes (c. 1888-1955) Sonny Terry (1911-1986) Henry <b>…<b>
I stand corrected
he didnt make hey joe billy roberts did
I think Jimi Hendrix had this in his mind when he made "Hey Joe"
thats what they might tell you in church
Best song of all time.
@ed170rg …twice
Nothing. She’s already been told!!
@Boneshickok Very good explanation. Thanks!
How about: "Now,.time to cross the T’s."
This songs not about selling his soul. It’s about him knowing his old lady was givin him the mess around so she brought the "devil out of him" and he went to whoopin on her, then he felt, "so my evil spirit can catch a greyhound ride" not saying his SOUL is evil, just the angry spirit that made him do what he did.
cold chills every time
Otro del club de los 27……………
i am 56, Detroit. Been playing blues since… I guess 1971. That is late. Johnny Winter did this too. I never knew it was R. J. I used to be Greyhound driver. Do you know how much this song means to me? Go Wings. God Bless.
you can see a face behind him
And I’m going to beat my woman… ‘Til I get satisfied. Period.
hardcore
How is this scary?
always and forever
He spent a year traveling to the best musicians in the south, studying their techniques from dawn to dusk, practicing countless hours until he learned the craft.
Not much of a short cut, if you ask me.
be not afraid…ohhh ya and definatly shutup.
it all starts from folk tunes , as far as u go back, take me from here, AND ILL SING ABOUT THERE.
me an the evil were walkin side by side. the cost wasnt his life it was his 1st wife an child but he so damn soulfull the devil evened it up. rihell o tymer