Artist and musician Fred Himes plays the devil’s music in Devil at the Crossroads — Storytelling in Blues. Credit: Jojo Dancer photography Anthony Garcia Blues legend Robert Johnson has a special ...
Heaven and hell parties: Southern religion and the devil's music -- Sold it to the devil: the great migration, lost generations, and the perils of the urban dance hall -- I'm going to marry the ...
When blues musician Robert Johnson disappeared from the Mississippi Delta for months in the early 1930s, fellow musicians said he left with mediocre skills. But when he returned, he could play the ...
Netflix premiered the trailer for ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads, an original documentary film on the life and death of legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson. As the trailer details, Johnson ...
What starts as a simple folk legend quickly becomes a centuries-long journey through mythology, classical music, blues ...
I don’t know where I’m goin’, but you know where I’ve been. Perhaps, those are famous last words for one consumed by the music, much like the legend of Robert Johnson, who presumably sold his soul to ...
The blues. They bring to mind an image of a man sitting on a porch, cotton fields stretching out as far as his eyes can see. The grit on his fingers as he plucks the strings mixes with the pain down ...