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Just on the RUclipss lookin' at this and that. Then, I remembered the devil in Crossroads. After, "10 Things You Didn't Know About Crossroads" video (which was fun as well as educational), the algorithm threw this at me. HOLY SHITE!!! I'm missing out on a big chunk of music. I'm familiar with the blues but, it wasn't my thing. I have a HIGH appreciation for it though. It always seems to be played at the right time though. Anyhoo, I'm writing a movie and I kid you not, the Blues just became a part of the soundtrack! I wish I could use this! LOL Still, this was phenomenal playing. I look forward to learning more!!!

Lonnie Johnson's influence becomes quite evident when he plays acoustically..

Loving it

Love it! Great find! This is how he started!

That's It !!!

I LOVE KOKO. Golden Voice Taylor.

BB makes that acoustic guitar sounds electric .

After watching this video, I got out my guitar and wrote and recorded a song about the movie, but I changed the ending. I like my ending best. Wish I could upload my own recording here. I don't see a way. Let me know if anyone want's to see it. It's copyrighted and free to watch.

BB KING on acoustic guitar great stuff!

King forever 🎶

Wow! BB in his younger years, on a acoustic instead of a 335. Very impressive 😊

Muddy Waters‼️

it is written by Roberts step sister "Annye", in her book...that Roberts brother "Son" pawned his guitar in Memphis.a few years after Roberts death..there are quite a number of prewar Kalamazoo guitars still around...maybe someone still has it, unaware of its "Holy Grail" origins

The anecdote from Muddy about seeing Robert Johnson is good blues history. The slide lick that kept looping throughout the story became a distraction after seven minutes and should have been varied.

What finish on the trem arm did you get? Matt or polished

Love this movie.

The jeweller’s newspaper ad includes info on Elgin watches. Walkin’ Blues contains the line ‘She got an Elgin movement…’

I remember hearing another account which said that Muddy heard this guy on a street corner and he was sort of shaken by what he heard that he didn't make contact, he thought it was Johnson..

superb

That fake photo, a couple of clicks back, had me gagging 10 seconds after I saw it. The Photoshop stretch on his left hand fingers is painful. At the time it was still under inspection, which I could not believe. I had used Photo Shop since it's beginning. 3- floppies in 1992. There is no question it was a very careless forgery. The masking and fake aging were also amateur city. BTW: I knew Johnny Shines briefly c. 1970. God, damn well near, stamped "Great Man" on his forehead. I grew up playing piano. Didn't switch to guitar until a band forced me...

Thank you so much. This movie changed my life. It’s a classic and makes everyone in it a legend in my book.

Nice to hear. I really like Quicksilver. Background music is way to much front music, Haha I just figured out the music was from my computer. Okay again. Thanks for the information.

Odd choice for background music on a page celebration Robert Johnson.

Thanks for posting! Looks like fun. I attended back in 2017. Too bad there are no CBG festivals on the West Coast.

Great video indeed sir and a lot of well versed research and effort gone into thos, too. From my understanding of what I have learned about Robert's life, the guitar that Robert lost in the fire at the hotel, was probably the guitar that he got from Ile Zinneman. Ike was known to be the best guitarist in the deep south and Robert lived with Ike and his family for about 8 months before returning to Robinsonville, but I have read from a few articles that Ike had given Robert his guitar to take and play with. I have heard a clip of Son House claiming that when Robert returned to Robinsonville after living and learning from Ike, the guitar had 7 strings on it instead of the traditional 6 strings. How much of Son House's claims to be true or not is a shot in the dark given that Son House also claimed that Robert wasn't any good on the guitar before meeting Ike and yet, it is known that Robert was already an average guitarist and was already playing some jook joints and hiuse parties for about 2 years before Son House moved to Robinsonville. It would be nice if it was possible to have a time machine and be able to go back and just observe what happened and have some way to record it on video so that it would help at least answer so many of the questions and mysteries about Robert's life. I do wonder if Robert may have been on the autism spectrum although being what's known as 'High Functioning' because there is clear evidence from Johnny Shines and others that account for Robert's Savant level ability to hear any piece of music just once and be able to play it on his guitar, while playing the guitar in a way that is more like a piano and not as a guitar would usually be played, plus Robert although was capable of having a regular conversation, but if he didn't like someone or didn't feel comfortable with them, he would tend to be quiet and just keep to himself. I can't help wonder that given that mental health in those days was barely known or talked about at all and there certainly wasn't as much known about mental health conditions as there are nowadays. Either way, it doesn't take anything away from how great Robert was as a musician, artist, composer and as a man, may he always be resting in eternal heaven 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

The Smithsonian: The great hiders of real history.

I am looking forward to the release of the photo.

Loved this movie !! The Guitar battle between Macchio and Vai was SICK !!! 🤘But truth or fiction I'm going nowhere near any " Crossroads" !! EVER !! Yes I do believe !! ✌️

I patiently await a 4th photo and more family interviews when everything is ready and to the family's liking.

So cool, thank you for the update and the research

No cigarette or hat but guitar and smile

"...Mrs. Annye Anderson is the co-heir and executrix of both Carrie Thompson's and Bessie Hines's estates" - page 222. John Troutman. Editor notes. Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey

Great sounds! Thanks for posting (Blues fan in Australia)

One of my favourite artists

To be a good anything someone must be a good person to begin with. Mr. Johnson began as a good person and through long hours of hard work he rose to Greatness.

Stumpy Joe!

Awesome, John! It’s great to see you back at it!

This has been one of my favorite movies for years!

This is a very underrated movie

Best movie I've EVER seen!

Great research and extremely intriguing. Thankyou very much for your effort, John.

Robert Lockwood Jr learned how to play the guitar from Robert Johnson. He always said the crossroads story was BS. As a matter of fact, I don't ever remember Lockwood saying that Johnson ever mentioned the whole crossroads story. It was just a song he wrote. Johnson was in love with Lockwood's mother and Lockwood was a young teen and they spent a lot of time together playing music. Lockwood said that Johnson was a loner. He didn't really like being around people which probably led to the mystery. Having said all that, he did say Robert Johnson was a very good guitar player for his time.

I’m also 46 & this movie inspired me to pick up the guitar …it remains my favourite movie of all time 🔥 🔥🔥🔥

I’m 67 years old I watch this movie when it come out and I watch it about once a year

When I worked on the !st "Crossroads", which was to be a Broadway play, the Producer showed me that pic of RJ in the hat......several years before it really surfaced....was so exciting to finally see what he looked like! We were told not to tell anyone.....this was in 1979. This album is finally gonna be coming out soon....and of course, I ended up doing the Crossroads movie, with Macchio and Cooder, but it was a total coincidence!

Has everyone watched the Netflix show about Johnson

Thomas Edison gave us electricity, Muddy Waters gave electricity soul...

Muddy said himself in an interview with Alan Lomax that he did not meet Robert J, but that he did meet and learn from Son House. 👍🏼🎸

I Think there May Have Been Contact Between the Two. When You are a Serious and Up and Comming Musician, You Make it a Point to Get Out to See as Many of the Popular Musicians in The Genre You Love , For Pleasure and Part of Your Learning Experience!