Considered by some to be the "Grandfather of Rock-and-Roll," his vocal phrasing, original songs, and guitar style influenced a range of musicians, including Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, U2, and Eric Clapton, who called Johnson "the most important blues musician who ever lived." Robert Leroy Johnson (– August 16, 1938) is among the most famous Delta Blues musicians and arguably the most influential. The "Most important blues player of all time." We're talking about the legend, the man himself, Robert Johnson. That's the way I learned to play anything I want." And then he'll play a piece and hand it back to you. You have your guitar and be playing a piece there by yourself…A big black man will walk up there and take your guitar and he'll tune it. Get there be sure to get there just a little ' fore 12 that night so you know you'll be there. "If you want to learn how to make songs yourself, you take your guitar and your go to where the road crosses that way, where a crossroads is. The old legend, the Faustian tale, told many a time over, in so many different incarnations its dizzying, but the most interesting story of all of these, may not be a story at all. ![]() This is the last creepy month of the year and I figured we'd go out this year with one of my absolute favorite pieces of mythology, The Crossroads.
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