latimes.com : At the crossroads as Robert Johnson centennial nears
Decades after his death, reverence and debate still swirl around the legendary bluesman who supposedly made a deal with the devil.
wnyc.org : Soundcheck : The Delta Blues at Full Speed : "Robert Johnson's 'The Complete Recordings' is one of the most popular blues collections ever released, and is unquestionably the biggest-selling album ever by a pre-World War II bluesman. But new evidence shows we've been listening to his music at the wrong speed."
"CROSSROADS" is a musical movie based on the legends of the black guitarist Robert Johnson, died mysteriously in 1938. It's a PACT WITH THE DEVIL there. One night, at the crossroads, a man forces the fate and sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for glory. The fame arrives fast, but it contains a curse. Robert Johnson dies after the recording of 29 songs. The legend says that there would be a thirtieth piece. Whoever will find it will become immensely rich and will release Johnson of his pact.
Robert " Bud " Johnson is a homonym of famous Bluesman. He is white, lives in Missouri and follows a strange dream : be the one who will find the thirtieth track. Shot in the Delta of the Blues, between Memphis and Greenwood in Mississipi, CROSSROADS tells Robert's trip " Bud " Johnson on the old abandoned roads and the cotton fields.
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Eric Clapton "Crossroads" by Robert Johnson · Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 · Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 was a day-long musical celebration featuring legendary guitarists and artistic collaborations by Eric and his friends including Allman Brothers Band, BB King, Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Sheryl Crow, Steve Winwood, Vince Gill, ZZ Top, and more.
Some of my favorite classic blues and folk albums:
Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’
Paul Siebel - Woodsmoke and Oranges
Koerner, Ray & Glover - Blues, Rags and Hollers
gintonico :: Some Blues tunes that you just gotta listen to before you're dead and gone. Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and others. :: With the Blues | gintonico | 8tracks http://bit.ly/brJhse
Robert Johnson, Walking Blues, last verse, slowed down (132KB) via Steady Rollin’ Man: a revolutionary critique of Robert Johnson http://bit.ly/cR1YJA
The Guardian: Either the recordings were accidentally speeded up when first committed to 78, or else they were deliberately speeded up to make them sound more exciting. Whatever, the common consensus among musicologists is that we've been listening to Johnson at least 20% too fast. Numerous bloggers have helpfully slowed down Johnson's best-known work and provided samples so that, for the first time, we can hear Johnson as he intended to be heard.
— Robert Johnson revelation tells us to put the brakes on the blues | We've been listening to the immortal 'King of the Delta Blues' at the wrong speed, but now we can hear him as he intended | guardian.co.uk http://bit.ly/9bl76J
npr.org: Robert Johnson, We Heard You All Wrong - by JOHN ASANTE http://n.pr/947RAX
“The blues ain't nothing but a good man feelin' bad” — Leon Redbone
“The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstances, whether created by others or by one's own human failing.” — Ralph Ellison
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