Robert Johnson
Crossroad

Despite his early death and small list of recordings, Robert Johnson is without a doubt one of the most influential musician's of the twentieth century. Among those indebted to his music are: Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Eric Clapton (Cream) and The Rolling Stones. At the root of Robert Johnson's music is a relentless ability to express the deepest rawest emotion with unmistakable honesty, clarity and soul. Robert Johnson expressed his life experience through his music, which quickly became the center of his existence. Therefore to understand Robert Johnson we must understand his upbringing, his recorded works and their interrelationship.
Born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi on May 8, 1911, Robert Johnson spent the first few years of his life in migrant labor camps . After being raised partly by his step father Charles Spencer in Memphis and his second step father Willie "Dusty" Willis in Robinsonville Mississippi, Robert Johnson married Virginia Travis in......

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