For someone who only had 29 songs known to be released in his lifetime, Robert Johnson was an incredible musical influence. He helped define 1930’s Mississippi Delta blues, from which Cream adapted his “Cross Road Blues.” Robert was quite the character, allegedly murdered at age 27 by a jealous husband who suspected hanky-panky between Johnson and his wife. Three different places claim to be the site where he’s buried. Legend has it Robert sold his soul to the devil in order to succeed. The “crossroads” where that supposedly took place is in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Hey, it makes for a good story. The musicianship here by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker is phenomenal, but the band had already broken up by now. Lynyrd Skynyrd did a kick-ass live version of this in the 70’s.
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