The Great RJ hits a century

johncorrigan

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The Great RJ hits a century

06-05-11, 09:26

It's a memorial week for the Blues - Blind Willie McTell hit a hundred and ten on Thursday, with Blind Gary Davis leaving us on the same date in 1972.

However it's Robert Johnson's 100th birthday this Sunday and that's something to celebrate - so get that broom out and dust it.

Kent Wolgamott: Johnson, the deal with the devil and the roots of the blues

http://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/article_5dbd682f-a9f2-50fc-bd6c-17af830732d0.html

Legend has it that Robert Johnson went to a dusty crossroads in rural Mississippi, sat with his guitar and waited for the devil.

http://www.bakedziti.net/images/robertjohnson_large.jpg

and of course

Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MCHI23FTP8

Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues Music video by ineke Goeswww.inekegoes.nl

Last edited by johncorrigan; 06-05-11, 09:28. Reason: I was makin' a deal!
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Paul Sherratt
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05-06-11, 17:56

Was this passed over by Radioland ?

( perhaps they pulled out all the stops on that Bob's 70th )
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