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Robert Johnson – Last Fair Deal Gone Down
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(1) Robert Johnson (Robert Leroy Johnson, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, May 8, 1911 - Greenwood, Mississippi, August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter, among the most famous of Delta blues musicians.
His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnson’s shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend.
The first songs to appear were “Terraplane Blues” and “Last Fair Deal Gone Down,” “Terraplane Blues” became a moderate regional hit, selling 5,000 copies.
Other songs Johnson recorded were “Come On In My Kitchen,” “Kind Hearted Woman Blues,” “I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom,” and “Cross Road Blues.” “Come on in My Kitchen” included the lines: “The woman I love took from my best friend/Some joker got lucky, stole her back again/You better come on in my kitchen, it’s going to be rainin’ outdoors.” In “Crossroad Blues,” another of his songs, he sang: “I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees/I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees/I asked the Lord above, have mercy, save poor Bob if you please/Uumb, standing at the crossroads I tried to flag a ride/Standing at the crossroads I tried to flag a ride/Ain’t nobody seem to know me, everybody pass me by.”
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Spotify playlist: Blues: Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Electric Blues, Jump Blues, Piedmont Blues
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Dig Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters? There is a new super boggie blues band from the very Thames river.. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/preacherandthebear?fref=ts Online Album: http://goodtimecollective.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-congregation
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Punk4L1fe
"Me and the devil Blues" gives me chills,creepy song but good.
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Foda
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it's just pure genius right here
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he's great live
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great show. hendrix is opening act,
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Jayskull7
YEAH; he's fuckin' dead for more than 70 years, but ON TOUR ? think you' re right protonemata .
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protonemata
on tour? yeah thats what i expect from a man who made a deal with the devil :p
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haha that's cool! now i've got the chance to see johnson live! may he play the zombie-blues?
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