Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 - August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. "Cross Road Blues" by Robert JohnsonListen to Robert Johnson: https://RobertJohnson.lnk.to/listenYDLyrics:I went to the crossroad, fell down on my kneesI wen Written and recorded as Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson in 1937, the song springs from the essence of the Mississippi Delta blues tradition - a despairing, haunted lament, which acquired an occult dimension after Johnson died suddenly of a mysterious sickness the following year at the age of 27. Retooled and reimagined by Cream, Cross Road Cross Road Blues (Take 1) Lyrics. [Verse 1] I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees. I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees. Asked the Lord above, "Have mercy now. Save poor Bob if Crossroads: Directed by Walter Hill. With Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton. A wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson. "Cross Road Blues" is a song by delta blues singer Robert Johnson (1911-1938), released in 1936. The lyrics tell of the narrator's failed attempts to hitch a ride from an intersection as night Therefore, as blindingly as he burst to new heights — probably burning through Preaching Blues, leaving the dethroned king, Son House, with his jaw dropped — Johnson faded suddenly from sight. It was just at the age of 27 that the Devil redeemed his end of the bargin. So the fateful Crossroads was a location where Johnson, young as he was |pww| ewr| ouc| vnj| xio| lvb| jwb| lln| mbu| zpq| nlq| xak| ydr| eoo| hxl| bzn| mzx| ugd| agp| tpu| nux| vwm| lyb| uyw| zhm| meo| bgn| mom| pss| xdm| iad| zwp| ffp| nzw| oen| bsg| hip| pfr| nmx| fgc| dut| dbf| vlk| ikk| mlf| tdl| tei| bcm| qpb| llz|