Ep.59 Robert Johnson made a deal with the Devil??

[@LordJustice86]

All he needed was his guitar tuned, he already had the talent. Was tricked by the devil

[@jonathangallone6543]

😂

[@pausedforcyberbullying_]

It was just a regular white man 😂

[@tuinov6286]

​@@pausedforcyberbullying_ White man is so intelligent it has to be the devil😂

[@AM-dl7ot]

​@@pausedforcyberbullying_maybe there wasn't no devil or man. He just intentionally sucked at playing, came back played great, made up a story about devil, so people would talk about him.

[@user-ut3mf2ok8f]

Interesting

[@anthonyhernandez3569]

“Meet me at the crossroads”, hit different.

[@Stylestudent]

Cross roads always signify the question, heave or hell… good or evil, gods way or the devil’s way.

[@m.carlettetucker1467]

Yep

[@karo3529]

So you won't be lonely...

[@CalebLB]

Also in Nas is like he says- " street scriptures for lost souls in the crossroads"

[@town944folk]

​@@karo3529-I see what you did there...Meet me at the crossroads where you won't be lonely...

[@thebrownblossom8683]

He is the beginning of the 27 club

[@sweetscorpionkiss]

You got that right for real I've researched the 27 club it's downright scary.

[@shonfred7040]

Yup

[@stephaniemccoy8358]

And the white lighter theory

[@harunakachiro4554]

Jimi Hendrix
Amy Winehouse

[@jazzlynshanice1]

I was hoping to say this first 😢

[@brianblaq-uh8db]

This is an urban legend. It’s because Robert Johnson was so cold on the strings. He’s credited with being the father of modern guitar playing from the blues to rock. His styles and progressions were the first of its kind. It was so revolutionary that the saying was “ Get had to have sold his soul to the devil to be that good”. When guitar historians mention Robert Johnson he’s mentioned as be of the greatest guitar players of time

[@romarose]

He said he sold his soul in his songs.

[@austyndrums1993]

And the fact that he didn't receive any recognition or reward relative to his legacy as he wasn't recognized till he was famous. Nowadays the price is playing till you're dead, example Bob Dylan, rolling stones, ac/DC. At some point it actually pains these people to perform. But some of their latest music just talks about how they love the life. Seems like a paid songwriter writing lyrics for a decrepit tired old act that just wants to go home, but can't.

[@hectorhectorr1781]

​@@romaroseprobably just to make content. Because of the reputation blues had as the devils music

[@romarose]

@@hectorhectorr1781 no dude. Show biz has always belonged to the shaytan.

[@hectorhectorr1781]

@@romarose yeah satan is on the top of the food chain here but idk anymore if he can really give you skill. What if people have skill they just join satans people to get famous but they were already good. So many people are pro at soccer or music but they are still good people and i bet most that are not in the very top of the charts didnt sell their soul. Blues players were black and people treated them wrong which makes since they would hate society and God and so say dumb stuff like they sold their soul to satan but they were good people

[@lucienwmoon]

To go a little deeper: he would play in clubs and old musicians said he was boo’d off the stage. Then one day he disappeared. Didn’t come around any longer. Out of the blue, he showed back up with incredible talent. I believe Son House said it was impossible for someone to get that good, in that amount of time. Only adds some weight to the story that some nefarious deal was made.

[@curtisthomas2670]

Ike Zimmerman was the "devil"

[@stevecameron8172]

So he went off and woodshed for 6 months all that devel baloney he egged on for a shick for the rubes

[@LJ-pg4pf]

It’s still happens to people till this very day. Where the price is a soul, sad that some think it’s worth losing it to gain the world.

[@margaretgoodridge7564]

You're in for one devastating surprise if you think the devil is not real....

[@curtisthomas2670]

There was no deal with the devil. Blues historians know for a FACT that Johnson sought out another blues musician and tutor named lke Zimmerman and stayed home by him for a year or more while being tutored. When lke wasn't on the road working or on gigs he would teach Johnson and they would play for hours. Sometimes at night they would pass a nearby crossroads and go to a cemetery to play so as not to disturb lke's family and neighbors. Ike later began taking Johnson on gigs where they would "jam" or "battle", further honing his skill. Eventually lke graduated him and he returned to his hometown to show off "what he learned" (Son House was quoted when relating Johnson's return that he said he wanted to show them "what he learned")
There's even an interview with Zimmerman's daughter recounting the time Johnson spent at their home.
So there's no deal with the devil. That myth was actually pertaining to another bluesman Tommy Johnson and over time the two Johnsons got mixed up.
Sad thing is Zimmerman never recorded, but his daughter said he was way above Johnson even at his best.

[@aaronwqjohnson9590]

He sang about the Hell Hounds chasing him. That crossroads demon collected its due.

[@PrincessAfrica3]

Never worth losing your soul over it😢

[@DNB7227]

The devil set him up.

[@DNB7227]

Matthew 16:26 KJV
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

[@kj7792]

Today's celebs😡

[@chipd3040]

​@@DNB7227even a atheist could make sense of that

[@user-vg8mc5bo2f]

I'm from Mississippi and he always wanted to play but never could make a tune. He left and came back in a short time. No one knew where he went but all of a sudden he was better than anyone to pull a string. The mystery is how did he get that good that soon and where did he go!!!!

[@maxb9480]

Thank you for adding the subtitles bud

[@andremiller4863]

MYTH he was good all along...he just didn't play the Delta Blues because he didn't grow up playing it....he learned under Ike Zimmerman for TWO YEARS...HARDLY "ALL OF A SUDDEN" came back to Dockery's Farm and played circles around everyone because he had those long dexterous fingers that allowed hom to play both the top and the bottom of a song (black key notes and white key notes on the piano) on the guitar....

[@generaleerelativity9524]

He trade guitar lessons for karate lessons

[@YeaTank]

This man was one of many architects for Rock and Roll music a lot of appreciation for him

[@santiago7886]

That’s Hollywood today. Let’s make a deal

[@Litfilmz]

He started Hollywood💯

[@ericperson56]

Yep, the entertainment business, where you win, but you LOSE BIG!

[@kirkpatrick7475]

This story was incorporated into the George Clooney film
"Oh Brother where aren't Thou"

[@santouchesantouche2873]

sigh nope

[@BrottenGuy]

This story was around before Hollywood was what it is now

[@danielandmarilynpeterson5479]

The moral of the story: don't make deals with the devil, He can give you fame and fortune, but there will be a time when he comes to collect your life.

[@mehere337]

Uh...yeah...that happens to everyone.

[@AlexG-tp2ik]

​@@mehere337Yeah, but he keeps your soul too.

[@silverblackguerrilla4370]

​@@AlexG-tp2ikWhat? 😂. The entire point of the devil is that he can only deal with the flesh. "Selling your soul" is a metaphor. If all this time you've been taking it literally then I don't know what to tell you

[@adriancole3165]

Joined the 27 club. Before it was the 27 club.

[@klasseact6663]

Didn't know he started the 27 club🤔

[@user-iv2jr5pu2s]

Not even half of the story, when he came back not only knowing how to play the guitar. They say he played in a way no one has ever heard, it sounded like 3 men playing the guitar at once. his platform set the way for Chuck Berry and Elvis. As for the death, some believe that; while others believe he died from complications of syphilis over in Baptist Town, the neighborhood by the train station in Greenville MS. He have 3 burial sites. Each church claim he is buried here. I visited 2 of them but it's all by where I stay so it's more local for me. Now since y'all in MS, look up the witch of Yazoo we call her Mary Well.

[@firstscorpio]

The movie CROSSROADS with DANIEL aka Ralph Macchio from the Karate Kid movie is all about this. GREAT FILM

[@obatron1]

Great playing in that film by Vai and Cooder

[@b.k.c.4076]

Seen it.

[@gaboh296]

Best duel off scene ever

[@ladyonthelake8866]

Love that movie! Ry Cooder was actually the one playing the guitar when it was the scenes of Ralph Macchio "playing."

[@deshondetoro1638]

Ryan Cooder was the more blusier player, the arpeggios at the end is definitely steve via playing it. He's even played it live a few times.

[@Coda6766]

Actually, a woman who remembers RJ confirmed how RJ really got good. He wasn't very good at guitar. Her father took RJ in and for 8 months her father taught RJ how to play with finger picking with a thumb pick. He could play the low strings and high strings simultaneously. He worked hard and practiced intensly for 8 months. When he retuned home and played much better everyone said 'what did you do, sell your soul to play that well?' It stuck.

[@ReVelopers]

So none of that shit he said ever happened the guy just practiced hard 😊

[@Coda6766]

@@ReVelopers that's right. RJ was taught by and practiced with man named Isiah 'Ike' Zimmerman. He took the slightly younger guitar player under his wing and taught him everything he knew about the guitar and music. They would play and practice together for nearly a year or more, reportedly very intensely. When RJ returned to Alabama he was an amazingly better guitar player than when he left to learn from Zimmerman. The legend was a great story to pass on , especially to the record company that reissued remastered recordings of RJ. That story along with the available box set of RJ's recordings helped sell 1.5 million copies. Greats like Eric Clapton and others have done covers of RJ's and wrote songs about the Legendary RJ and the story of making a deal with the Devil at the 'Crossroads.'

[@rasulsamad5860]

No one wants to hear the truth

[@MrQmason]

@@Coda6766 Yep.... he practiced like all the rest of us musicians :)

[@MrQmason]

@@rasulsamad5860 Ain't that the truth !!

[@reesekauputolefsen5236]

Moral of the story is, work hard for the things you want to be good at because it isn’t going to be good if it’s handed to you

[@TyGosketch]

The moral of the story is dont make a deal with Lucifier.... tf.

[@Shanngab]

The moral of the story is, don’t make a pact with the devil

[@Nurse_Shelly44]

​@@TyGosketch Right!!!! People need to stop glorifying the struggle.

[@curtisthomas2670]

He did work hard, he trained for almost 2 years straight under lke Zimmerman

[@titag6111]

some people go through hard lives and they get tired and weary he probably did practice and worked on the guitar but the moral of the story is DON'T LOOSE FAITH somewhere down the line when it was finally his time he was probably gonna shine and live long but whatever happened cut his glory short..its a sad but one to learn from story

[@happyngulube1871]

Sounds like an episode of supernatural with Dean and Sam😊

[@johnhalstead6809]

It was an episode of supernatural and several movies including crossroads back in the 80s

[@Tobzzzz_]

I was just thinking this❤

[@flockabtrip793]

@@Tobzzzz_damn you fine 🥴🥴🥴❤️

[@tylergautreaux6308]

@@flockabtrip793down bad af💀

[@15Kilo]

Supernatural series was so good! I remember that episode as well

[@jerrypickles-qr9yv]

Even though his career was short he was the best blues guitar player in the world. He created his own style of blues entirely. Legend.

[@planetclaire820boulder8]

that's when the 27 club started!
27 is a point when major changes occur.
be careful what you wish for.
I knew exactly who you were talking about, when you began.
my brother named his band CROSSROADS. IT DIDNT END WELL.

[@aleahwilson4381]

And ALOT of famous ppl died on the 25th

[@SD99722]

That "club" was my first thought as well.

[@jenniferburner8180]

Damn 🤔💩🔥😭

[@user-qj6dg3gl2j]

Sorry for your loss

[@zacariasblanco9738]

​@aleahwilson4381 but at the age of 27

[@gytcymbalz]

He was from where I’m from Mississippi, they said he sold his soul at the intersection of hwy 61 and hwy 49. That region of MS is called the Delta, where not only he but many famous bluesman and guitarist are from.

[@user-bm7tk5nt6r]

I was wondering when I'd see this. Clarksdale, MS checking in!!

[@fmgmusic6654]

Dude it was New Orleans it all ways been New Orleans so stop it💀

[@invictusbp1prop143]

@@fmgmusic6654Uhhhh…nope. Some damn fine music gets played in New Orleans, but the delta blues comes from Mississippi…where Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil. But the devil ripped him off…only got famous after he was dead and white dudes who couldn’t play a lick made money off his talent just because they could record music….
They say here he was poisoned, but some say he was stabbed.

[@TeddyLovesAxl]

@@user-bm7tk5nt6rRight across the bridge Helena, Ar checking in. I’ve had 4 shoulder surgeries and it all because of a water-skiing accident in Friars Point at Moon Lake!

[@TeddyLovesAxl]

@@fmgmusic6654No, it was right outside Clarksdale, Ms. Right where coming out of Helena, Ar. Hwy 49. Hwy 61 crosses it. Coshoma County. Im from Helena. This is THE crossroads.

[@misscoco9667]

Everyone knows Robert Johnson he’s one of the original blues guitarist players

[@johnmartinez9220]

That was before my father's time and he's a grandfather

[@endlessmountainoutdoors]

“Oh brother Where art thou” originally the “Odyssey”

[@user-cd8nb2if7e]

That movie so dope Idky😂

[@dannyc7227]

Soggy Bottom Boys

[@scottb7539]

I'm calling horse apples on that story. The devil doesn't play guitar. Everyone knows he plays the fiddle.

[@miapup1012]

Devil went down to Georgia vibes

[@scottb7539]

@@miapup1012 you know it

[@kpar4943]

Horse apples❤

[@kpar4943]

Horse apples❤

[@42calking53]

Ppl alive at that time say that there was no way possible Robert Johnson could've improved that much in the few days he was gone till he came back playing the guitar like he ringing a bell

[@jilljones2414]

Never do anything with the devil ‼️

[@Fuckyourfeelins.45]

With him, all things are possible.

[@Noadvantage246]

@@Fuckyourfeelins.45With God all things are possible. The devil can’t even save himself 😂

[@shamalamadingleberry7203]

​@@Noadvantage246god can't even save suffering humans

[@raeluvdanielle7039]

@@Fuckyourfeelins.45false

[@raeluvdanielle7039]

@@shamalamadingleberry7203everyone has free well. We’re all souls having a life experience on earth and all leave one way or another.

[@DuppyGz]

A black man practices his craft and becomes extremely good it must be some supernatural phenomenon

[@sharkonland1104]

I believe he’s also credited with creating rock and roll…he was chuck Barrys mentor

[@hurrifanc.3434]

"So when the devil wants to dance with you, you better say never because the dance with the devil might last you forever "

[@djdeemz7651]

Immortal technique 👊

[@user-pn6by7fh2t]

Greatest storytelling rap ever written

[@hc9633]

@@user-pn6by7fh2tname of the song?

[@clotshotthot5750]

He also made a pact

[@kruitnagel]

When I was a child, the Devil himself bought me a mic.
But I refused the offer, 'cuz God sent me to strike

[@artiebaca8836]

Plot twist... the guy just tuned his guitar 🎉 he was good all along 😁

[@Roseenmarie]

😂😂😂

[@devonlockwood1477]

I like that😊

[@LiberationMindedMediaB1]

Right

[@martyneal3913]

😂

[@luisbeltran937]

Reminded me of when I first got a stick shift car , it was a VW bug. , I had a mechanic to put a new engine in . When I got it I couldn't get pass first gear , I called him and told him so he said it's just you , you're learning keep working at it . I eventually got to drive it pass first gear then I saw the mechanic and he asked me do you still have that problem? I said kinda but I got down now.
He looked at the motor and said , hey this spark plug cables are crossed. Man when put them the way they should be I was making those changes smooth as cutting through warm butter.
Thanks for reminding me of that 😂

[@chuckd802]

They wrote a song, “I went down to the crossroads” about him. Really cool

[@j_demiguel_ink2343]

The real story is that he disappeared for a year and practiced with someone that taught him. He devoted himself to playing and with a mentor. He then came back to the Juke joints and fascinated people. There is a great documentary on him. LEGEND!

[@baabaabaa-yp2jh]

Thankyou! Someone who knows what they're on about!

[@sinagain4205]

27 seems to be a significant number when making deals with the devil

[@believen_uboo3705]

In numerology 2+7=9 9 is the end of your wish. Completion of a cycle. Not the final ending, but the beginning of the next cycle,

[@TheIndigoTribeOfficial]

The number 9 is considered a symbol of spiritual enlightenment and completion. It is often associated with higher consciousness, selflessness, and compassion. My birthday is on the 9th month and my name stands for enlightenment… everything is connected.. heaven/hell, good/evil, yin/yang, the examples go on.
~INDIGO~

[@TheIndigoTribeOfficial]

@@believen_uboo3705you’re on a righteous path, doesn’t make you better than anyone but you see life way different than others, keep flowing in your path but respectfully be aware of yourself and those who you let around your light 💜🌟🙏🏽
~INDIGO~

[@michealebubechukwu4956]

9 Completion

[@juanbenitezj4184]

"27 club". Most artists die at this age regarding their bargain

[@thewitt76]

Playing his records will give you chills. From that first string bend you know something is different.

[@kevinmillerelizondo439]

I've noticed that too.

[@mikegutierrez4655]

What song

[@PrincessAfrica3]

Its demonic

[@kevinmillerelizondo439]

@@PrincessAfrica3 not really

[@Mangsaab1954]

Listen to Richard Clapton play his stuff then.

[@JeromeLefthand]

Robert Johnson the Bedrock of Rock n Roll

[@trigs47TV]

Theres a movie called Crossroads with Ralph Machio ..the karate kid …classic move 💯🔥

[@zorrothegreat870]

They're a lot more strangeness connected to this man. It's worth a deep dive.

[@angelam4795]

You could try, but all they really say is he died of a heart attack. Some think he scared himself to death, and others say they could hear the hounds, and the devil came for what he was due.

[@andrewrodriguez3057]

Like

[@denawagner360]

I read it was an STD ( sexually transmitted disease) but this way before my time. I just saw Cross Roads.

[@docholtzful]

​@@angelam4795he plainly said he was posined in the video

[@erdm8153]

Bro he got so good because he trained for a few years by being taught by Isaiah "Ike" Zimmerman in a cemetery because something along the lines that the “crowd couldn’t complain”. Also they forgot that the devil supposedly added a 7th string as well, and the devil asked if he could “tune” it. He also died because he was flirting with bar owner’s wife and the owner poisoned his drink. His friends literally warned him not to drink it.

[@MrNobody91]

Yeah, the shi ppl believe is wild tbh.

[@Liz-cmc313]

Yep, true

[@dorothymay6262]

True

[@janscutter]

Bless your heart. You aren’t very familiar with southern culture, folklore or story telling are you? Next you’ll probably say our dearly departed Kurt Cobain died of a drug overdose and self harm and not Kourtney paying someone to kill him.
The truth is, we all know how and why they died. Taking the fun out of their respective folklore anecdotes, especially at this time of the year, you know spooky time, is not nearly as much fun as hearing the different ways the story is told by so many different people.

[@AK-Solution-47]

Yeah next you'll be saying that the US government wasn't involved with the actions that resulted on 9/11

[@anonymoususer9215]

He recorded at the Sheraton Gunter Hotel in San Antonio room 414. There is a basement bar named 414. After working as a bartender at 414, the man is not gone.

[@nikkishears6402]

You forgot the part when the devil gave him ten years to be the best, and then the devil would end his life. Johnson reportedly was hearing "hell hounds" coming for him, in the days leading up to his death.

[@cashtaylor9804]

WOW 😂🤣😂 I'm 60yrs old, and that story sure has changed since the 1st time I heard it 🫡

[@windhelmcityguard5122]

What was the og one, i gotta hear it

[@N-e-o1]

​@@windhelmcityguard5122me too.

[@gbfam1348]

Fr what was it

[@windhelmcityguard5122]

@@gbfam1348 nigga gatekeepin😭

[@cheesecakeloverbae]

He born in my partner Era

[@TheAzmountaineer]

RJ: What's this expiration date here on the contract?
Devil: Just ignore that, that's just standard terms.

[@danielledavis9876]

😂😂😂😂

[@jahrastaeasygaming2372]

there's no contract that is signed.
that's symbolic.
it's the highest level of spiritual deception and it is quite frightening when it happens to you.

[@jahrastaeasygaming2372]

if there was a paperwork there would be many less lost souls.
because then you could read it.
and I am sure you would read the fine print.

[@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we]

​​@@jahrastaeasygaming2372I have at least one sister like this, that I suspect, after 40 years , sold her soul to the devil. She browbeat my dad for 30+ years, , she switched churches after she moved for college, now that he's passed away, she never talks about God, the bible, etc. I see now that it was just to go after dad all these years and tell him he was wrong. Times she yelled and screamed at him, slammed plates, saying you can't tell me I'm going to hell. Now that he's gone, her whole act is gone too. She's evil. Manipulative. Narcissistic. She actually told me once she uses spiritual warfare, but other women have told me, that my sister is evil,after I already saw this, but it makes it obvious. But, they needed her for money in their 70s and 80s, she was always wealthy. I could go on and on. My father used to have nightmares about demons from about age 65-69 in early 2000s. The more time went by I think the demonic presence was real and it came from her. She swore of Catholicism 30+ plus years ago and moved 1300 miles away, different church too, that's fine. Shed come back here and go to mass, and receive holy communion, the holy eucharist. I found out she hasn't been catholic in a long time, bashes it. I told my father, you have to tell the priest she can't receive communion, it's a sacrilege. She's been out to get me and my father the last 20+ years. She'd go up for holy communion. She'd yell at me and my father, "you can't stop me. !!" She's evil and a demon

[@lonefoxproductions294]

​@@jahrastaeasygaming2372man was making a joke bro, ain't that deep 😂

[@scoobydooby1471]

those crossroads are no joke

[@austinjewell2471]

And that's how the 27 club was born

[@user-kb8rg2zg3g]

Moral of the story, never make a deal with the devil!

[@phife1878]

The moral is: a good story will get you far.

[@phoqueewe7230]

​@@phife1878nice!!!

[@kineretavaasili509]

Nothing's wrong with the devil or lived. It's just someone that opposed you in the court of law. It's Gods finest creation ever. It's just the dark side of our duality 😅.

[@robertpena9293]

The record industry is still doing it to this day

[@ducatirottie]

real talk!😒

[@curtisthomas2670]

Except that has been debunked 😅

[@chriscarter4588]

Ask quavo

[@user-pm2sq1yn6i]

​@@chriscarter4588or doja cat

[@scottlyons8130]

Ah a prime example of not making a deal with anyone at midnight on a crossroad. The cost is always to great.

[@AaronAlekseyevich]

"AMEN! SAY NO TO THE DEVIL! OH LORD AMEN! 🙏🙏⛪️"

[@A-verygrimreaper]

He’s the best blues man there was

[@CoCLord]

Delta blues man*

[@kevincarcamo1310]

B.B.King is the best

[@trawsoza2926]

Meh not really

[@haraldversteegden2562]

@@trawsoza2926 burnside maybe ?

[@lylehaughton469]

In hell

[@RocketMan-jc1lb]

A freaking Legend. Without him the "blues" ain't got the blues 😂

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

The Blues came from Africa, there's an entire community of the most bonafide blues players you'll ever hear there. Should check it out. (The reason people think blues is American is because slaves from the region where blues actually originates brought it with them)

[@treeknome2642]

He was the beginning of Blues in the US.
Going to check out the African Blues scene.

[@sandra-jones]

​@@Sunshine_Daydream222which community in Africa are you speaking of?

[@docholtzful]

​@@Sunshine_Daydream222 slaves didn't sing the blues the blues came from the American south in the 20th century and it couldn't have come from Africa unless you're talking about before 1812 because the import of slavey from Africa was made illegal the British and Americans patrolled the Atlantic to try and stop it

[@user-ff1jw1ix1g]

one of the best musicians of all time. Robert Johnson influenced so many famous musicians.

[@tgf0069]

For those who don't know, that would be the,
"Cross Roads Demon". Or
Devil At The Cross Roads.

[@user-gk7pq9ju4s]

Satan is no one to make deals with... he walks around like a lion, looking for who he can destroy.

[@cDTeVe]

... lions ONLY hunt and kill when they are hungry!!! so many videos of gazelles grazing near lions without danger...

[@sonofyah_]

Amen to that

[@Herewegoagain-em2wf]

Fact

[@PuRpLeDaNk1]

You mean he’s not one to make deals with? Because no one to make deals with makes absolutely no sense man lol you even edited your comment and still left it fucked up lol

[@topsecreturl]

Well if Satan is real, he DEFINITELY rules the internet. So you should probably log off and stay off. For your safety of course.

[@mistydlove.5512]

For some reason I remember learning about this story while watching a documentary about Elvis... I don't remember why or what it had to do with Elvis- but I remembered it clearly as soon as he said the name. 😊

[@deborahchapman222]

Love your podcast. Very cool and informative 👍

[@JamesHeinrich-vk7vz]

That age 27 man. Lots of musicians died at that age.

[@filipe977]

thousands died at 29, thousands at 30, thousands at 31. But 27 is popular because those who died on that date were very famous: Janis, Hendrix, Jim Morisson, Kurt Cobain, Winehouse...

[@nickverber276]

27 = 2+7 = 9
9 also stands for 6 in satanism

[@sweatorsmilefitness9112]

Yeah just type in the 27 club and you’ll see the whole list

[@AlexRubio]

​@@nickverber2763 6 9 are key to the universe Nikola Tesla. So Satan corrupted it. Like it's meant to be as said in the Bible !

[@DonProvolone95]

​@@AlexRubioSatan isn't the original name. Saitam is. And Lucifer isn't evil, Yahweh is. You got it backwards homie

[@jeffreyenglehart268]

Robert Johnson was the first of the 27 club. His music went on to be featured in Blues Brothers and covered by some of the greats. The story goes that he got laughed out and went to the cross roads where the devil tuned his guitar.
He came back two months later better than anyone. He wasn’t welcomed in his own home. His in laws told his wife that he was playing the devil’s music. He had a son at home that he was kept from seeing because of the legend around how he got his skill.
You might find the documentary on RUclips.

[@Sunshine_Daydream222]

The first that we are aware of... This has probably been going on since before recorded his story.

[@GeordieCB]

You can watch the interview from his grandson. He explains Robert Johnson’s transformation from a terrible musician to a legend, and why he improved so dramatically when he disappeared for months.
RJ’s gf at the time passed away and her parents blamed it on him. He struggled with this and then a family friend (or relation) who lived in another city took him in. The friend was a gifted guitarist and taught RJ for months on end….he practiced in some graveyard late at night.
There’s no crossroads and meeting the devil bullshit 😂

[@blairjackson9318]

Mmmm I can believe it tho

[@nunyabusiness-sv7re]

Legend has it that he spent the rest of his life paranoid that the Devil was going to come and collect his soul.

[@citizen1130]

Not just the best guitarist of his time. He literally invented Rock n' Roll.

[@sencillo96]

✍️

[@PrincessAfrica3]

Well it all makes sense.. the start of it all. Ofcourse the devil would use him for it

[@zyruemusic]

STOP THE CAP!!!! 🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢🧢…..CHUCK BERRY AND LITTLE RICHARD ARE THE INVENTORS OF ROCK AND ROLL!!!

[@ahmadjoseph7946]

Chuck Berry invented Rock and Roll

[@jamiekruger6135]

Saying he invented rock and roll is a bit of a stretch. Chuck Berry or the Big Bopper is a better answer

[@nikith69]

How can you not know robert johnsom whole modern music is revolved around him

[@user-ub6eu6rn6j]

So you're saying all modern music from that point forward was fueled by the devil?

[@chrissnatchko7795]

That same kinda thing happened to Giuseppe tartini he was obsessed with the violin, but was no good. One night the devil came and sat on the edge of his bed and played the most beautiful song he had ever heard. Ultimately he sold his soul, and the next morning he wrote down the song the devil played the best he could remember. And from that day forward he was one of the best of his time. The song is called the devils trill. I’d recommend watching ray Chen kill it at the Amsterdam symphony. It really is probably the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard….. no joke

[@constancesims18]

The 1986 movie Crossroads was loosely based on Robert Johnson. Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz starred in the movie. I loved the movie.❤

[@tommitwelvetreez]

Great movie! Steve Vai was awesome.

[@galenjoyce8895]

I love that movie.

[@jennix8666]

There was an episode of Supernatural based on/about this story "Crossroad Blues" 2×08

[@jimmyvrablic3011]

You forgot the best guitar player in the movie-joe satrioni

[@madDdog67]

@@jimmyvrablic3011 Arlen Roth, Ry Cooder, and Steve Vai. Satch didn't have anything to do with it, as far as I know. (Apart from being Steve's guitar teacher lol.) Not credited at least.

[@rich8642]

This story was referenced in the Coen brothers movie 'O Brother Where Art Thou', a great send up to classic Americana and one of my personal favourites.

[@rickimcfarland2269]

I love that movie 😂

[@lost422011]

One of my all time favorites

[@slickreynolds7573]

Yes it was

[@utubeisajoke]

Soggy bottom boys 😂😂

[@shawniet2352]

Yes! One of my favorite movies. Have the movie poster up in my home theater. Soggy Bottom Boys 🎙️🎙️🎸

[@ov8857]

Apparently.. he left the town where people knew him for a while, like 2 years. Then when he got back he was an amazing guitarist. Imagine what excuses people at the time would make. Maybe he got good like everyone else, intense practice.

[@robertmesser2957]

And he wrote one of the greatest blues songs to ever be produced by the name Crossroads

[@richnajera3962]

King of the delta blues!!!! When I was a boy my dad showed me the movie crossroads, and it literally changed my life. I was like 5, and after that movie i was hooked on the blues... imagine a chunky 5 year old Mexican kid trying to tell his friends at school how cool the blues is.... spoiler alert, it didn't go over well.😂

[@mariyaa111]

Chunk 5 year old Mexican’s are the cutest ever! My old neighbor Gordito was so adorable! I always wanted to pinch his chubby little cheeks!!

[@user-bx4ti6ig3i]

​@@mariyaa111not what he was talking about. My husband is Mexican Indio and he loves blues.

[@ukwant2b]

Chunky 5 yr old Mexican kid playing the blues ? I love it!!

[@jamiematthews1216]

Bonamassa is a god

[@deannmilk9596]

@@user-bx4ti6ig3ithat’s exactly what he’s talking about. Cmon we’re here for funsies n that was funny😂

[@ragingrebel8660]

His life is the basis of the movie "Crossroads" with Ralph Maccio.

[@FatGyalD3m]

One of my favorites from the 80s

[@josephgoodrich1242]

One of my favorite movies

[@tobconnected]

Favorite scene in the Movie
Was the Guitar Battle? Don't know if Ralph can really play a guitar but it sure seemed like he was playing.
Love this movie "Crossroads"🎸🎸

[@kiddReyes]

I learned about him from super natural

[@eddiejones2652]

Yep it's on Tubi now.

[@jjkcharlie]

Bob Johnson is one of my favorite singers and guitar players.

[@tormentedslayer7498]

Well that just says it right there... never make deals with the devil!!

[@leslieclark9285]

I recognized his name right away. A pioneer in guitars

[@dark-sauce1978]

True story he learned to play by listening to records. They were a new invention at the time. He learned so fast and got good, but no one new how.

[@curtisthomas2670]

No, he was trained by lke Zimmerman

[@peyotekaiyote4312]

Robert Johnson opened my eyes about blues music back in 2016 in a college class. Ever since learning about this I discovered blues music lyrics are littered with all type of connotations of hoodoo and the like.

[@richardtyler6472]

Whoa he was 27 too?! That’s the craziest part of the story honestly!

[@othername2428]

yup, The 27 Club.

[@DougB-pg1tf]

The 27 club-Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin...@@othername2428

[@Spacecadet0720]

Yup that was my first thought! His music is really good though. Him and Skip James

[@Litfilmz]

@@othername2428he was the first member

[@Floridaman6815]

Wasn’t Jim Morrison also 27 when he died

[@Donrousie]

Never never make a Deal With The Devil

[@1031jmurray]

The devil and God are the same thing

[@ChrissyAnn85]

​@@1031jmurrayso the creator of the universe is also an angel? Bro take a break from the internet your rambling 🙃😂😂😂😂😂.

[@1031jmurray]

@@ChrissyAnn85 "You're......." I see your education stops at the bible...

[@rajibsikder3315]

Never be a bed person, devil evil dont exist, when we do bad things is not because of him he dont give a Duck

[@ladyyankeerebel3067]

What's sad is that people want fame and fortune so badly that they're willing to do that. But I don't believe we have the right or the power to sell our own souls. It doesn't belong to us. It belongs to God above in heaven. So how could you sell something that's not yours. I think that's one of the many lies that the devil tells. I do believe the attempt or the act of trying to sell Your soul is a very big sin to the Lord.

[@innhouzinc]

Dont't forget to add that it's said, he disappeared for some years & when he came bacx, he could play the guitar like no other. I believe the whole sayin that he sold his soul to the devil just adds more mystic to his story but really, maybe he disappeared for those years to practice & learn how to play the guitar & becuz he was so determined, it happened faster thn expected & it’s possible that someone showed him how to tuned it & maybe that’s all he really needed. Just a different perspective

[@kevintownsend3840]

Remember without Robert Johnson there's no Wes Montgomery no George Benson no Norman Brown no BB KING and many others

[@stinky60096]

The crossroads story is legend. However, he had a tendency to have relations with married women and he was poisoned; but pretty much brought it on himself. If you have ever seen the movie "O'Brother Where Art Thou" the black guitar player that almost got lynched was based on Robert Johnson. His guitar skills (blues) inspired many great rock and roll guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, and Bob Dylan.

[@andrewjschutz]

27 is that magic age. Brad Nowell, Hendrix, and dozens more. It’s kinda strange

[@peterheilsberg4735]

Bradley was actually 28..hate to be that guy haha

[@MikeDT94-_-]

The Famous 27 Club

[@redfish2229]

No one ever mentions Bradley tho🖤 a legend. He changed music and was a genius... Imo anyway.

[@T3l3MuNd0]

Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Kurt Kobain, Amy Winehouse,

[@nekkoskrilla6750]

🦉 "Who?"

[@jimmysrandomness]

The man died from a poison they had put in his whiskey. Probably by someone who took revenge for cheating on his wife He suffered very hard for a few days before he died. May his soul found peace🙏

[@antondeleon378]

"Devil went down to Georgia" explains a little more clear, just imagine johnny (Robby) accepts the golden fiddle. 😆

[@hectorvasquez3605]

If u listen to his records there's something erie about every single song

[@steph5494]

I was just thinking I would never purposely listen to his music. The frequency is owned by my arch enemy. No thanks! Imagine all the people who copied him. There is a deity that people worship at the crossroads. He was probably told to do this ritual, sadly.

[@Seanmoser1234]

lol it’s just early delta blues. Get a grip

[@kevinmitchell8453]

@@steph5494 deities have all been Slain. A deities is still some "thing" created. Whereas the true god, was never created and existed before creation.
Crossroad theory is such bullshit.
Jesus cast demons out of a man, and into swine, and those pigs, ran off a cliff into the sea. Why did they do this?? Because the devil and his lackies were cast into the "abyssos"
When it was written in Hebrew they used the same word to tell where the pigs fell too. The demons were returning to the abyssos. The ocean, or simply put WATER.
As in the beginning, the face of the earth was dark and void, and the spirit of God moved over the dark waters.
Same word, abyssos. Separating those water with what he called land.

[@lucysfv]

Growing up, my whole life, my Dad (a musician) had a giant portrait of Robert Johnson in our living room, which later got moved to the kitchen but it was always a part of our home.

[@laniyates5732]

When he came home his wife and baby died in childbirth and he just missed saying goodbye.

[@lloydavery2and2make5]

Knowing that he had to endure White racism would make this story pop! If possible, never leave it out.

[@derekesparza1175]

The 'Tommy Johnson' character in O' Brother, Where Art Thou? is based off of him.

[@krismcreynolds984]

Robert Johnson's story was originally told about a dude called Tommy Johnson.. a good 10 years or so before it was attributed to Robert...

[@curtisthomas2670]

Tommy was the real deal dude

[@Kas4926]

Yup. Saw this on Supernatural and the hell hounds came for his soul! Great episode.

[@irmavep9917]

That was a good episode. I should re watch that show.

[@ur1man]

The Devil leaves those alone who are unrepentant unbelievers… Let that sink in..

[@tinkerbellbetty]

The first guitars were believed to be developed during the earlier years of the 15th century in Spain.

[@lancevoorhees7318]

I liked the way Eric Clapton took the story and his playing “Crossroads” to higher level! The early blues players left a great mark, guys like Freddy King, BB King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, all knew about Robert Johnson and took his gift and developed the blues even further! We are lucky to get to listen to these masters and many others!

[@filipe977]

Try "Corey Heuvel" crossroads cover!

[@WanderingStarsStudio]

He could hit notes that dont register with the human ear. Specifically in "stones in my pathway" hes also the only known voice they cant synthesis. Theres a lot to this story, But VERY little known about him. His biography is a short novelette. And theres only 2 known photographs of him.

[@Jayson-tt3qo]

Not one bit of your comment is true! None of it...And not one bit of the selling his soul story is true.

[@coldhardtruth333]

@@Jayson-tt3qowell tell us more

[@ohitsthatguy1328]

​@@Jayson-tt3qoRight. Everyone wants to believe this because it gives them affirmations that their fairytale is true and the "devil" is a real individual as well as "Jesus"(not the Spanish dude down the block, middle Eastern man they think was white with blonde hair and blue eyes), the son of their mythological "god" who impregnated a 14 year old child with his son who is also somehow himself and there's a "holy ghost" floating around in there somewhere too😂😂.they would rather believe these superstitious fairytale stories than reality because they need the love of a magic man and Carlos Santana won't give them that kind of love. They believe a "heaven" awaits them for judging others and ridiculing them, and telling them they're going to be tortured for eternity because they aren't as "holy" the cult followers are😂😂. If they found out their fairytales were fictional, they would probably hurt themselves because they don't even love themselves and they've pushed most people away in the name of their own self righteousness.

[@Lunkenville]

​@@Jayson-tt3qoyes, do tell.

[@AprilW-ls6bd]

He didn't sale his soul ...it's a myth. People choose to believe that.

[@jackwestcott4469]

Cue “O Brother Where Art Thou”

[@Henecita7]

"Devil went down to Georgia, looking for a soul to steal..."

[@jennifercoker8365]

He's one of my all-time favorites.

[@robertakiszer4096]

🎉 when you make a pact with the Devil, there will always be a time to pay back your debt🎉

[@tommydep]

But with Jesus there is no debt he took that debt for us by dying on the cross🫶

[@LongReachOne]

Of course its not binding unless you believe you consented. However, we know the devil deals in lies, and, like any deal on heaven or in earth, if it's fraudulent, you are not liable to the devil to follow through. Unless you get tricked and just give it up to him. What kind of idiot would do that?

[@-MelloC-]

That’s some O’Brother where art thou “ God Damn I believe you did sell your soul to the devil” stuff right there!!

[@frankwalker888]

He wasn't using it anyhow

[@michaelbroughton3389]

Devil is music man he has pipes built-in with the most serine voice😂😂his job in heaven was music ❤

[@mr.righty6985]

No that was not his job

[@sanzrich9887]

​@@mr.righty6985 so what was his function?

[@mr.righty6985]

@sanzrich9887 u seriously don't know?what denomination are u if u don't mind me asking?

[@mr.righty6985]

@@sanzrich9887 That's kind of what I expected out of you

[@ronaldmcmillan131]

He sang the song of the heavens..he actually is the archangel of sound and vibration which is basically creation because the entire universe is made of vibration..which is why he despised what he didn't create... allegedly

[@ironlion757]

It amazes me how many people on this thread don’t believe in the devil. He believes in you.

[@samanthab1923]

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing us he did not exist.

[@rickallen1908]

What really got this story going was he wrote the song Crossroads. The last line "I believe I'm sinking down" is really what started the whole thing... Interesting story though...

[@DM-ci2nn]

Im proud to say I live in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Birthplace of Mr. Robert Johnson.

[@janiceharvey6897]

It happened in Clarksdale, Mississippi at the devil’s crossroads of old Highway 61 and old highway 49.

[@MeMe04245]

You are absolutely right.

[@ULIEINTOME]

Ive drove thru there several times from Helena to Vicksburg

[@MeMe04245]

​@@ULIEINTOMEokkaaay.
I was born and raised in the area.

[@TeddyLovesAxl]

@@MeMe04245 Me too! I’m from Helena

[@artisticskillz01]

According to legend, as a young man living on a plantation in rural Mississippi, Johnson had a tremendous desire to become a great blues musician. One of the legends often told says that Johnson was instructed to take his guitar to a crossroad near Dockery Plantation at midnight. (There are claims for other sites as the location of the crossroads.) There he was met by a large black man (the Devil) who took the guitar and tuned it. The Devil played a few songs and then returned the guitar to Johnson, giving him mastery of the instrument. This story of a deal with the Devil at the crossroads mirrors the legend of Faust. In exchange for his soul, Johnson was able to create the blues for which he became famous.
Johnson died on August 16, 1938, at the age of 27, near Greenwood, Mississippi, of unknown causes. Johnson's death was not reported publicly. Almost 30 years later, Gayle Dean Wardlow, a Mississippi-based musicologist researching Johnson's life, found Johnson's death certificate, which listed only the date and location, with no official cause of death. No formal autopsy had been done. Instead, a pro forma examination was done to file the death certificate, and no immediate cause of death was determined. It is likely he had congenital syphilis and it was suspected later by medical professionals that this may have been a contributing factor in his death. However, 30 years of local oral tradition had, like the rest of his life story, built a legend which has filled in gaps in the scant historical record.

[@linda_ladyleo133]

Thanks for the detail and your time

[@lynsylva-bb6ss]

Ok so why is it likely he had syphilis?

[@ryansaunders65]

​@@lynsylva-bb6ssmy guess is because the government was handing it out to southern Black men at the time. Handed it out like candy for 40 years. Don't think these "experiments" stopped.

[@atoetral9644]

27!!!???? LILLY! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GASP HERE!!!

[@user-ge1mz7kl8h]

His spirit shows up at Cross roads in the middle of nowhere. I saw him sitting on a suitcase with a guitar. When I was 7 or 8 years old.