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Sep 13, 2017 · As a young man from Mississippi, aspiring to be humanity’s greatest ever guitar player, and desperate because he didn’t feel he was even close, Johnson apparently met Satan at a crossroad where he offered his soul in exchange for extraordinary talent, and ultimately an exit from his pitiful life. Robert Johnson ©1989 Delta Haze Corporation Fair use
Come see for yourself...around midnight. Clarksdale Mississippi is recognized as the location of the famous 'Devil's Crossroads' where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in return for fame as a bluesman.
Oct 28, 2014 · The myth of the “crossroads” comes from Africa and some of its traditions brought to the U.S. and Mississippi with its slave population. The story goes that if you need something bad enough, you can make a deal with “Elegba”, or Satan.
"Cross Road Blues" (commonly known as "Crossroads") is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He performed it solo with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues style.
And that fits in with this old African association with the crossroads where you find wisdom: you go down to the crossroads to learn, and in his case to learn in a Faustian pact, with the devil. You sell your soul to become the greatest musician in history.
The crossroads of Highways 61 and 49 is where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil in return for musical genius.
Feb 8, 2019 · People say Robert Johnson went out one night to the crossroads of two highways in the Mississippi Delta. The legend says he stood at the crossroads for a long time. At exactly midnight, a large man dressed in black appeared.
