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Crossroads , Robert Johnson (Original Post) Figarosmom Dec 19 OP
Pretty Profound Difference ProfessorGAC Dec 19 #1
Its in the song Figarosmom Dec 19 #2
think it started w/ NPR. i got hooked on country blues. i ran to get a johnson CD, then son house. then i went to a pansypoo53219 Dec 20 #3
My Dad would Figarosmom Dec 20 #4

ProfessorGAC

(70,957 posts)
1. Pretty Profound Difference
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 06:59 PM
Dec 19

I've plated this song (the Cream version, so to speak) at a lot of jam nights.
So much room for guest players to solo.
I've never even attempted a Robert Johnson version..
He drifts in & out of time so much, there's no way to replicate it. Not sure how Robert got away with it, but he did.

Figarosmom

(3,650 posts)
2. Its in the song
Thu Dec 19, 2024, 07:39 PM
Dec 19

He went to the Crossroads and asked for ability. That's how he did it....o. ha


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pansypoo53219

(21,829 posts)
3. think it started w/ NPR. i got hooked on country blues. i ran to get a johnson CD, then son house. then i went to a
Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:10 AM
Dec 20

great local music store + looked thru their blues section. found the yazoo CDs + took a chance on the missippi sheiks cause the name. missippi john hurt etc. then a poetry in the blues class. no chicago allowed.

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