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"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. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he sold his soul to the Devil in
- 2:39
- May 1937
- November 27, 1936
- Blues
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. Those who believe the legend say the man in black was the Devil.
Tom Graves, in his book Crossroads: The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson, relies on expert testimony from toxicologists to argue that strychnine has such a distinctive odor and taste that it cannot be disguised, even in strong liquor. Graves also claims that a significant amount of strychnine would have to be consumed in one ...
- Robert Leroy Johnson
- August 16, 1938 (aged 27), Greenwood, Mississippi
- May 8, 1911, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, U.S.
- Delta blues
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Apr 11, 2022 · Crossroads — Robert Johnson’s song is at the heart of a darkly seductive myth. The track that helped foster the 'deal with the devil' story was transformed by Cream in 1968. A ‘dime-store’...
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