Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911. Johnson worked his way up as a solo singer and guitar player for the blues of that time, more specifically the Delta Blues. His Influence at first was thought of as a racket, nobody wanted to be around him if he walked in with his guitar at hand.
"Your Guitar playing is horrible" most would say behind his back. However their has been a legend, one that has been debatable since its coming. For three months Johnson went missing, During this time Johnson claimed he sold his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar playing powers. The crossroads 49 and 61 in Clarksdale Mississippi was where the alleged meting place of Robert and the devil took place. The dark man stood in front of him, and reached out to grab Johnson's guitar, he began tuning it, he followed by a few tunes. The devil returned it to its owner, Johnson found himself home again after his 3 month delay, people were amazed by what he had learned.
To this day Robert Leroy Johnson has been the biggest influence on rock and roll history. He, I believe was the very first influence to music as a whole. Eric Clapton believed Johnson was
"the most important blues musician who ever lived." Robert Plant, Famous singer for Led Zeppelin said
“Robert Johnson, to whom we all owed our existence, in some way.” on the day of Zeppelin's formation Robert Plant believed he needed powers of his own it is rumored that Robert plant keeps a vile of dirt from where the devil made his pact with the king of delta blues. Both Brian Jones and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Fleetwood Mac, and Jimi Hendrix all of which may have never existed without Robert Johnson. In his life time he only recorded 41 songs. Its amazing how something so little can create something big enough to be apart of our culture.
