• "Cross Road Blues" (commonly known as "Crossroads") is a song written by the American blues artist Robert Johnson. He performed it solo with his vocal...
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    by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, covered in 2002 by Blazin' Squad "Cross Road Blues", a 1936 blues song by Robert Johnson, later recorded as "Crossroads" by many...
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    claimed that Yoruba mythology played a part in early blues, citing Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" as a "thinly veiled reference to Eleggua, the orisha...
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    period. "Cross Road Blues" 47-second sample of Robert Johnson song Problems playing this file? See media help. Subsequently, the early Delta blues (as well...
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  • triplets usually found in blues. An example is Cream's "Crossroads". Although it was adapted from Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues", the bass "combines with...
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  • Devil Blues (Japanese: 俺と悪魔のブルーズ, Hepburn: Ore to Akuma no Burūzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto about the blues legend...
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  • believe that the premier song about soul-selling at a crossroads is "Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson. According to a legend, Johnson himself sold his...
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    "Sweet Home Chicago", "Cross Road Blues", "Hellhound on My Trail", "Love in Vain" 1998 – Grammy Hall of Fame: "Cross Road Blues" 2000 – Mississippi Musicians...
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    My Broom" / "Dead Shrimp Blues", also "sold well", with an initial pressing of 5,000; and the next release, "Cross Road Blues" / "Ramblin' on My Mind"...
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  • "One Man's Pleasure" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980)   3:16 14. "Cross Road Blues" (live from Jacksonville, FL in 1980) (Robert Johnson) 4:13 Total length:...
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  • The Complete Recordings (Robert Johnson album) (category Blues compilation albums)
    The Complete Recordings is a compilation album by American Delta blues musician Robert Johnson. The 41 songs were recorded in two sessions in Dallas and...
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    Vocalion Records (category Blues record labels)
    musicians from Memphis and Mississippi. The label issued Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" Vocalion was one of the most popular labels in the late 1930s. However...
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    Willie Brown (musician) (category American blues guitarists)
    Blues. Miller Freeman Books. ISBN 0-87930-552-5. Lomax, Alan (1993). The Land Where the Blues Began. Methuen. ISBN 9780679404248. "Cross Road Blues"...
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    George Jones (2014) I Won't Back Down (2015) The Blues Got Me (2016) Swamp Poppin' (2017) Cross Road Blues (2024) "Sandwich Fair full of fun". The Times-Press...
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  • Haze". The title of episode 10 is named after the 1937 song "Cross Road Blues" by American blues artist Robert Johnson. The episode preview also alludes to...
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    The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame"...
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  • on Through". The group also performed covers of Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" and the band’s signature cover of "Back Door Man". Before closing...
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  • King of the Delta Blues Singers is a compilation album by American Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, released in 1961 by Columbia Records. It is considered...
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  • Dark" "How Blue Can You Get" "Down Don't Bother Me" "Down So Low" "Cross Road Blues" "Rollin' and Tumblin'" "Don't Cry No More" (contains excerpts from...
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  • "Walkin' Blues" or "Walking Blues" is a blues standard written and recorded by American Delta blues musician Son House in 1930. Although unissued at the...
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  • anachronistic culmination—Robert Johnson's mythic "Cross Road Blues" was cut in 1937 (sic), well after country blues's 78-rpm flowering. He blends in the warhorses-in-waiting...
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    Rhapsody by Queen Bridge of Death by Manowar Brother Jacob by Head East Cross Road Blues by Robert Johnson Damien Trilogy by DMX Deal with the Devil by Judas...
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  • "Cross Road Blues." Speaking to Blues Matters! magazine, Petit addressed the potential controversy involved with re-working seminal, "sacred" blues recordings:...
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  • Stills & Nash Atlantic 1969 Folk Rock Album 1999 "Cross Road Blues" Robert Johnson Vocalion 1936 Blues Single 1998 Crosscurrents Lennie Tristano & his Sextet...
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  • Blues guitarist Robert Johnson fancifully said to have acquired his playing skill from the devil at a deserted crossroads. Songs such as "Cross Road Blues"...
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    with his sword, which shatters in the air. Valentin and friends use the cross-shaped hilts of their swords to fend off what they now know is an infernal...
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  • mixture of Appalachian folk songs and Delta blues, and he also frequently covered Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues". It was there he met Gene Clark and Roger...
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    U.S. Route 61 (redirect from Blues Highway)
    County. The road is also known as the Blues Highway because it runs through the Mississippi Delta country, which was an important source of blues music. Highway 61...
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  • rematch. But in the video, the devil is shown defeated by Johnny again. "Cross Road Blues" Faust "The Devil and Daniel Webster" "The Devil and Tom Walker" "The...
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    Beethoven's Last Night The Black Rider Songs "Mephisto Polka" (1859–1885) "Cross Road Blues" (1936) "Sympathy for the Devil" (1968) "Friend of the Devil" (1970)...
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