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Wednesday 25 January 2012

Robert Leroy Johnson - Free MP3 Track - The Devil Blues


This is a photo of Robert Leroy Johnson. It was taken in a studio a few hours after a jam session at a local all night bar. It is one of only two pictures that were ever taken of him.

He died three years after this picture was taken. He was only 27.

If you take a closer look, his face returns the gaze of a musician not waiting for the Devil but impatient for his time in the spotlight and only a few meals away from sleeping in cornershop doorways.

This picture was taken just before he made his seminal recordings in the two years before his death.  

Listen to the ramping riffs and vocals on Cross Road Blues its chocolatey mature and rounded sound resonates inside todays modern sounds. It was recorded in 1936 but it wasn't until 1961 release before we began to appreciate his music.

An original 78rpm recording of Me and the Devil Blues, enjoy.

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