Quick Hit
“Cross Road”, Robert Johnson, 1936
Happy Birthday Robert - born 100 years ago this week.
Eric Clapton called him “the most important blues singer that ever lived”, and spent his entire career trying to get a sound even approaching his. (Check out “Me and Mr. Johnson” to see if you think he got close).
This week it is a full 100 years since the birth of an acclaimed blues legend who many attribute to be essential, to ultimately what became rock and roll. Of course this was clearly delta blues music in its finest form. Johson, born May 8, 2011 and died August 16, 1938), lived a life shrouded in mystery and myth.
