In Search of the Crossroads

[tatethompson1234]

As soon as it started I see him drinking a beer while on the highway. Awsome..lol Great vid

[jensen895]

All his songs tell the truth "hell hound on my trail" "crossrod blues"

Also people have said he died of strychnine poisoning and thats what they named his death , but "This observation was also noted in a recent Guitar World comment from contemporary David "Honeyboy" Edwards, who said that it couldn't have been strychnine, since he would have died much sooner than the three days he suffered."

[NevrSilent]

It's not that Robert Johnson didn't know how to play guitar at all, and then 6 mos. later was some kind of master. In real life, he had learned to play, but was not very skilled, and, as anyone knows about the blues, it's not the number of notes you know, but how you play them. Johnson spent those 6 mos. hardcore 'woodshedding' is likely, doing nothing but practice and learn his feel. The legend of the 'Crossroads' was just for good showmanship...

[twalling]

@NevrSilent My theory on Robert Johnson's improvement in playing skill was the availablity of recordings of other guitar players... something new at the time. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if RJ bought up or borrowed a bunch of Blind Lemon Jefferson albums and copped a bunch of licks while, as you said, woodshedding. I haven't read all the comments here, but has anybody mentioned it was TOMMY Johnson who allegedly sold his soul, not ROBERT?

[rockermetalhead1200]

4:41 THE BLUES MOBILE!!!

[HISTORYBUFFPA]

You coulda' submitted this to a short film fest.

Nice job.

[journeyer58]

Absolutely Great Video. Finding the Crossroads is almost impossible for no one really knows where Robert Johnson really 'sold his soul to the Devil.'

In the movie Crossroads, Papa Legba was the personification of what the Devil represented.

[TheTallMan35]

This legend was greatly exaggerated as time went on. Back in those days, the vast majority of Mississippi Delta folks were uneducated, superstitious and prone to think irrationally. But if people insist on believing in this myth, I say let them have their cookies. Who are we to take that from them? Fundamentally, we all have a primal desire to believe in something that is beyond our realm.

--An educated black man capable of rational thinking.

[tp9337]

@TheTallMan35 im not religous at all nor do i participate in the occult but u dont think its weird that this man did not know how to play the guitar at all and in 6 months he became a master. he himsself and his brother said that "he sold his soul" and there have been too many artists in recent times who have said the same thing so even tho im not spiritual i cant ignore what these ppl have said about themselves

[TheTallMan35]

@tp9337 I think "selling your soul" is a metaphor for doing business with shady people in exchange for wealth and fame. I don't take it literally either.

[AllTimeLow1991]

Woah... Is he drinking a beer while driving?!

[dpman72]

I'll bet if ol' Scratch did pop out he'd piss himself. I would.

[misterfrigginYUCK]

No such thing as the crossroads. It's a myth. Page and Plant made a pilgrimage to Tunica County back in the early 90's and Plant filled a small bottle with dirt form the site of RJ's childhood home before they bulldozed it to build a casino.

[misterfrigginYUCK]

It's a joke that people spend so much time looking for a magic bullet and get wrapped up in ghost stories intead of accepting things as they are.

[brumerman]

i oghta punch u in the

[bluegsp]

Never heard of Willie Brown making a deal with the devil, Tommy Johnson and Robert Johnson, but not Willie Brown.

[MyManDan]

this is an awesome fucking video

[mexantexan]

Uh, drinking and driving, who gives a shit. Drunk driving is when I care. Cool vid

[jamianm]

I think that it's legal to drink while you're driving in Mississippi.

[butchiesbrat]

The music rocks. Great video! :)

[TheFamousWaffle]

where old 8 crosses dockery farms....

[feoinfunroe]

This is really good.

Oh, and the driver never really drank the beer, from what I could see. It was probably just a prop. ;)

[wisesatyr72]

Alright Dinking alcohol & driving, not cool.

But that crossraod looks pretty scary

[paleman4]

what a dumb ass realy what a dumb ass

[kaliahmichelle]

is he drinking a beer while driving?

[Jimiboy345]

I've been to the crossroads before.

[wzkiker]

sorry bud i doubt you've been to the crossroads

[bootlegpreacher]

I've been there. It's between Church's Chicken and Abe's Barbecue.

[gingereades]

i dig this!