On 8/29/2014 6:20 AM, danfriedman2002 wrote:
ROBERT JOHNSON INVENTED THE GUITAR RIFF!
HE GOT KIT FROM THE DEVIL FOR A TRADE OF HIS MORTAL SOUL.
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"Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have
given rise to much legend, including the Faustian myth that he sold his
soul at a crossroads to achieve success. The recording session was held
on November 23, 1936 in room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio,
which Brunswick Records had set up to be a temporary recording studio."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson
Sometimes confused with Tommy Johnson (1896 – November 1, 1956), an
influential American delta blues musician. "In the movie O Brother,
Where Art Thou? (2000), a character named Tommy Johnson is played by
Chris Thomas King. This character describes selling his soul to the
devil to play guitar. The story of Tommy Johnson selling his soul to the
devil was first told by Tommy Johnson's brother, LaDell Johnson, and
reported by David Evans in his 1971 biography of Johnson. This legend
was subsequently transferred to the blues musician Robert Johnson."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Johnson_%28musician%29
/Gunter Hotel, downtown San Antonio/
