Recorded: Dallas, June 20, 1937 Robert Johnson (g) (vcl) Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 — August 16, 1938) is among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnsons shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend. Considered by some to be the "Grandfather of Rock n Roll", his vocal phrasing, original songs, and guitar style have influenced a broad range of musicians, including Muddy Waters, John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix, The Yardbirds, Cream, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, The Rolling Stones, Paul Butterfield, The Band, Neil Young, Warren Zevon, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Robert Palmer, Jack White and Eric Clapton, who called Johnson "the most important blues musician who ever lived". He was also ranked fifth in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Robert Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi probably on May 8, 1911, to Julia Major Dodds and Noah Johnson. Julia was married to Charles Dodds, a relatively prosperous landowner and furniture maker to whom she had borne 10 children. Dodds had been forced by a lynch mob to leave Hazlehurst following a dispute with white landowners. Julia herself left Hazlehurst with baby Robert, but after some two years sent <b>…<b>
Roots of Blues — Robert Johnson „Love In Vain"
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It´s hard to tell, it´s hard to tell
when all your love´s in vain…
Grandisimo Robert Johnson 🙂
…jimi hendrix*
How did he play at these clubs with no amplification?
the blue light was my blues…
Wait. Which one is the more believed story?
Awww man, I can so identify with this tune. And you can just hear the emotion in Mr. Johnson’s voice in this tune! Especially near the end.
quelqu’un pourrait il me faire parvenir une copie de ce superbe morceau (78 tours uniquement !) ?
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you see you all get it wrong, I am not comparing the three talent wise, but the characteristics of the behavoral thought patterns and their influence over the world trhough their craft, they were all incarnated by the same soul seeking to do what each did or in the case of johnson and even jimi almost did, trying to complete the one ambition of johnson.
thats an insult to music in general, its JIMI HENDRIX. And Robert Johnson and Hendrix were talented musicians unlike this twinpack guy
RJ was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi; south of Jackson.
Jimi Hendrix
yes that was what I thought… so many famous musicians died at the age of 27
no actually…the same actual spirit!
He was given a bottle of poisoned whiskey because he slept with somebody’s wife. The more commonly believed story is that Robert was constantly traveling to avoid death because the devil was coming to take his debt from Johnson. And finally the devil cursed a bottle of whiskey so that it would somehow get into his hands and poison him.
….Jimmi Hendrix*
pure and perfect blues by the genius
spirit of the blues…
And many others died the same age as him. Which is odd and weird I think.
i think robert johnson,jimmy hendricks and tupac are one and the same spirit,stil trying to express itself.
Made a deal with the devil/practiced a like a mad man for a few years whichever 🙂
It has been covered by many other musicians, most famously by The Rolling Stones on their 1969 album, Let It Bleed. (Although, in the album credits on the original vinyl LP label, the song is wrongly listed as written by a mysterious – and probably fictitious – "Woody Payne", not Robert Johnson.) Wikipedia.
This is the Rodert Johnson who made a deal with the devil at the crossroads. Or so the story goes. He did die awfully young.