the guy asking the question about selling His soul to gain guitar skill got Me thinking.
I was wondering how much credemce You, My fellow R&Pers give to the whole Robert Johnson at the "Crossroads" legend?
I think obviously, even if all urban legend it still has had an incalculably powerful impact on the history and development of rock and roll.
So what are your thoughts about the whole "Crossroads" legend?
2007-12-14 04:46:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Beatle Fanatic...Me too
2007-12-14 05:56:38 · update #1
I don't rule anything out until I have *proof* that it can't be true.
I don't believe in 'the devil', but that doesn't mean he didn't meet or call up *something* and make a pact.
I think it goes beyond urban legend and into the realms of folklore ~ there have been tales for centuries of people confronted by spirits at crossroads.
The bodies of murderers were often hung on display and then buried in unmarked graves at crossroads. Who knows what still lurks on cold dark nights!
2007-12-14 06:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a guitar player, I've actually been to the Crossroads. Hwy 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, MS. It's right in the middle of town now. Truthfully as stupid as it sounds I was kind of like Ralph Machhio in the movie, I didn't believe. So I stood under the big guitar they have at the Crossroads and started playing my guitar. Waiting to make a deal. Legba never showed. If he would have who knows. I got some cool pics tho.
2007-12-14 12:13:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a legend, steeped in the hoodoo mysticism that parts of the South are known for. It's not true; peers and acquaintances have gone on record as saying so, as they have told about many of the musicians' storied lives then. Robert Johnson's music was most commonly referred to as "the Devil's music." Something not uncommon to the dialect of his region for song lyrics and rhythm of questionable content, so it's no far stretch to imagine the stories that arose from the association with that phrase alone. He did seem a little visionary at times, but more likely just an evolution from early influences in his music.
2007-12-14 05:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by the buffster 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are purely some to deserve the Legend call. no longer each and every of the team has one. Few are Sachin Tendulkar Mutthiah Muralitharan Ricky Ponting Daniel Vettori Freddie Flintoff Jacques Kallis Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
2016-11-03 06:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an old rule which applies to Fact or Fiction -- Don't let a good story mess-up the Truth.
- I have no idea if it's true, but sometimes it is better to have Faith, than know the truth -- You know... Kinda like the Bible thing...
2007-12-14 10:44:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I've been involved with some strange things that can't be explained scientifically so I'm not saying it's impossible.
2007-12-14 05:13:20 · answer #6 · answered by Beatle fanatic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't lend it any credibility in the literal sense, I think Johnson was being metaphorical.
2007-12-14 04:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I totally believed this movie when I saw it when I was seven.
2007-12-14 04:49:59 · answer #8 · answered by gillianinchains 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do truly believe anything is possible!
2007-12-14 09:10:56 · answer #9 · answered by Onederful2Nite 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's true.
2007-12-14 04:49:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋