Robert Johnson - The Crossroads Myth of Robert Johnson by grandson, Steven Johnson video free download

Frank H

Thank you for this wonderful posting... Robert Johnson was so great...

bpad31

Of course Robert practiced over and over and got better just like anyone would doing anything like music, sports etc. but its funny that he said Robert learned in 3 yrs. But Son the musician says in another documentary that Robert was bad, left for 6-8 months, came back to Arkansas and was good. One story is based off of research, and the other is someone who actually knew and played with Robert. Very interesting.

Matt's Blues Hour

Whatever people choose to believe is they're business and I respect that completely. My opinion is that Johnson might have really had a raw talent for playing guitar but he might have not taken himself too seriously in the beginning and when you combine that with hard liquor and random people's different instruments (that your not used to) than it might have seemed like he didn't sound that good. So...could Johnson have really practiced for almost a year, get a guitar that suits him, work on his technique and find the guitarist within himself? I would say yes.

The Brutha fromanatha

Wtf stuck in a car boot blues? Sum pple jus hav it good alryt

Zin C

Humans are easily brainwashed and the RJ saga just proves it. In reality he's just a product of his time. A mix of talent, love for blues and a lot of borrowing and adaptation from other artists like Tommy Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, Lonnie Johnson, Kokomo Arnold, Skip James..

Jacob Becomes Israel

Don't buy it. You can get better yes. But so much of music is gifting. If he showed absolutely no gifting at all to the point that they didn't want to even let him touch their instruments, no way you go away for 3 years and come back the best that's ever been.Not to mention that the eyewitness accounts put the time frame at 6 months, not 3 years.Even 3 years to go from beginner to best is impossible without an amazing prodigal gift which clearly no one believes he had.I've played guitar for more than 30 years in case you feel like blasting me ignorantly.

Tom Laveign

Reports from Son House and others say he was only gone for about 8 months? Not three years... Regardless, to achieve what he did in that amount of time is close to impossible. That's where these theories of him selling his soul to the devil come in to play, and you can't deny the fact that he did write a number of songs about his encounter with Satan. Where do you suppose the inspiration for those came from?

Sarah Britson

Gotta admit, it was a damn good gimmick 

daniel90148

amazing story !

andrea22213

Does this man look like he's been inflated?Who is working the pump?

Robert Campton

This is truly how it was...Thanks Ike you turned a boy with a shipload of talent into a man on a mission....He basically spent time with a family......

jan-michael Mavar

Great vid!!

tara aryannejad

lol, you can't communicate to the devil..... so many conspiracy theories and bullshit, don't discredit his talent by owing all of it to the devil. the man put in work, and got results.. thats it! amazing song, amazing talent. amazing legacy. legend. 

Andrew Almond

I swear some of these folks are wild with all their superstitions and conspiracy theories lol. The tales in the video

Blues Kid

You know thank you for posting this I'd feel happy this man is cool

Nikola Tesla

"My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil's best trick is to persuade you that he doesn't exist!". Charles Baudelaire

EndtheDrugWarToday.com

Well, actually it doesn't work like that. You can practice till your the best in the world, but since Satan runs the music industry, you gotta make a deal or you fall by the wayside. I could tell you 100,000's of stories of the best musicians ever, didn't make a dime? Why? They didn't make the deal. Let me know how you do in showbiz of anykind with out signing over to the Saturnalian brotherhood. Doubt you make it past go.

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Look; RJ was great for his time. But if you're a modern blues player, you realize his playing is simplistic and limited. For those of you who think the myth is true, why are you not saying Stevie Ray Vaughan or Jimi Hendirx sold their souls? They progressed modern blues/rock easily as far as RJ did. There's no devil in the mix. It's just practice. Some drugs, but a lot of practice.

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I'll bet the myth even cheated some people from practicing on their own; thinking that it had to be something you were born with or obtained mystically. It removed their motivation. Practice is the only way to get better. Perhaps some people will never get there, but most will if they practice.

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