Born in 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, he spent much of his short life traveling, performing, and evading the hardships of the Jim Crow South. The legend of Robert Johnson’s Faustian bargain ...

The legend of selling your soul to the devil at the crossroads is one of the most haunting myths in music history. But where did it come from? This video explores its roots in African folklore, blues ...

On the list is undoubtedly the King of the Delta Blues, Robert Johnson. The singer only ... he was so widely hailed that the myth of his time was that he sold his soul to the Devil for his mastery ...

While there’s a museum honoring the late blues musician Robert Johnson in Crystal Springs ... which tells the story of how he sold his soul to the devil to play the blues. However, Green and ...