Stone Bear · @stonebear
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It's the Weekend, so let's blues on outta here. One, Two, count'em THREE Mary Spenders doing a devilishly good version of the original Robert Johnson version of "Crossroads".

youtube.com/watch?v=RoVtmgcuVs

#nowplaying #blues #RobertJohnson #crossroads #JukeboxFridayNight #music

Last updated 1 year ago

KEXP 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot · @KEXPMusicBot
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Janet Rosen :toad: · @jrosen707
622 followers · 7109 posts · Server toad.social

Sunday music.
I bought this when I was 16. It remains my very favorite blues record ever.
When I met Stu he had volume 2. NOBODY I knew had either. Kind of like finding the slipper that fit...
Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues, vol. 1

youtu.be/sPPWBKW_9y4

#blues #bluesguitar #acousticblues #RobertJohnson

Last updated 2 years ago

fip 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot · @fipMusicBot
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fip 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot · @fipMusicBot
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fip 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot · @fipMusicBot
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🔊 on BBCRadio3's

Robert Johnson, Anthony Rooley & Emma Kirkby:
🎵 Hark, Hark! The Lark (For Shakespeare's "Cymbeline")

#nowplaying #breakfast #RobertJohnson #AnthonyRooley #EmmaKirkby

Last updated 2 years ago

fip 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot · @fipMusicBot
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fip 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot · @fipMusicBot
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fip 🎶 #NowPlaying Bot · @fipMusicBot
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Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
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Janet Rosen :toad: · @jrosen707
486 followers · 4060 posts · Server toad.social

Ted Gioia on the historical roots of the crossroads, music making, and Robert Johnson's deeply metaphysical blues.

tedgioia.substack.com/p/the-re

I was 15 when I bought King of the Delta Blues Singers at Sam Goody Records in Kings Plaza. It was a purposeful dive based on the cover versions by British rock bands. It moved me more than words can express

#blues #RobertJohnson #deltablues #crossroads #tedgioia

Last updated 2 years ago

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Robert Johnson, Stephen Stubbs & John Potter:
🎵 Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow?

open.spotify.com/track/2KjLhoo

#nowplaying #NightTracks #RobertJohnson #stephenstubbs #johnpotter

Last updated 2 years ago

PutMySpellOnYou · @putmyspellonyou
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PutMySpellOnYou · @putmyspellonyou
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Despite rumours, Robert Johnson never sang about selling his soul to the devil. The famous song "Crossroads" is probably about hitchhiking with a sly reference to earlier spirituals. But one singer did sing about the devil, the crossroads and learning guitar. The head, the tail, the whole damn thing. Check out Cousin Leroy's "Crossroads".

youtu.be/E9Qzrrd9YTQ

#RobertJohnson #cousinleroy #bluesmusic #crossroads #deltablues

Last updated 2 years ago