Over fifty years of mystery have surrounded this legendary bluesman who lived in the rural South of the 1920s and ’30s. Few details of his life were known. He was a loner—a man who supposedly went to the crossroads and shook hands with the devil for his extraordinary talent. He was murdered when he was just 27 years old at the height of his fame.
Robert Johnson recorded only 29 songs, but they constitute the most astonishing, influential body of work any bluesman has ever committed to wax.
Robert Johnson was certainly not the first bluesman; however, many would argue he is the greatest. He remains a proven contemporary.
