Robert Johnson’s life was as enigmatic as his death. It only deepened the mystery surrounding him. In August 1938, at the age ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Robert Johnson’s music that grabs ... If “Hellhound on My Trail” was haunted, “Me and the Devil Blues” is straight-up possessed.

The legend of selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads is one of the most haunting myths in music history. But where did it come from? This video explores its roots in African folklore, blues ...

The Robert Johnson legend goes that he gained his guitar virtuosity from the Devil after a midnight meeting at a Crossroads, as described in the song he recorded back in the 1930s – and rejuvenated ...

It was Louie who first exposed me to the recreational stimulants ... whose 1931 recording "Devil Got My Woman" almost surely influenced Robert Johnson's "Hellhound" six years later.

Every single day, especially as Robert Johnson lived them, offers a crossroads. No need to sell your soul to the devil — he stole ... Blues” brought me back to minor rambles of my own: a ...