May 08
May 08
Robert Leroy Johnson was born on May 8, 1911, in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, to Julia Major Dodds and Noah Johnson, a sawmill employee. Robert Johnson was an American blues composer, guitarist, and vocalist who impacted both his contemporaries and many forthcoming blues and rock performers with his uncanny falsetto voice and brilliant, rhythmic slide guitar. In Robinsonville, where he spent the most of his childhood, he met Delta blues giants Willie Brown, Charley Patton, and Son House, who were unimpressed with his skill. They were, however, astounded by his musical abilities when he returned to his hometown after a year abroad. According to mythology, he struck a bargain with Satan at a nearby crossroads, thereby earning his great talent as a guitarist, singer, and composer. It is alleged that he sold his soul to Satan in exchange for only eight more years of life.
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