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"Cross Road Blues" (sometimes known simply as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it as a solo piece 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 supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical talents, although the lyrics do not contain any specific references. Bluesman Elmore James revived the song with recordings in 1954 and 1960–1961. English guitar… read more
"Cross Road Blues" (sometimes known simply as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert … read more
"Cross Road Blues" (sometimes known simply as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it… read more

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There are several artists by the name Robert Johnson: 1. An American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (1911-1938) amongst the most famous of Delta blues musicians; ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time; considered by some to be the "Grandfather of Rock 'n' Roll" 2. An English lutenist and composer of the late Tudorian and early Jacobean eras (c.1580-c.1634) 3. A 1970s Memphis-based American guitarist 4. A former drummer for KC and the Sunshine Band 1. Robert Johnson (Robert Leroy Johnson, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, M… read more
There are several artists by the name Robert Johnson: 1. An American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (1911-1938) amongst the most famous of Delta blues musicians; ranked fifth in Rol… read more
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