Delta blues

I first heard the name Robert Johnson in the film Crossroads, a 1986 masterpiece starring Ralph Macchio, which culminates in a guitar duel between teenage blues virtuoso Macchio and the devil in the form of a shredding Steve Vai. Up to that point I’d been listening mainly to things like Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne, […]

Imgur: The magic of the Internet

The Blues Highway from Memphis to New Orleans, along the Mississippi River, via Highway 61 is filled with rich history and American culture.

Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf

Going from farm to front porch across America’s south in the 1960s, William Ferris recorded everything from praying pigs to haunting blues – a political act, he says, at a time when black voices were being silenced

b l u e s everything inside

semióticas

Poison, paesino sperduto sul delta del fiume Mississipi. Il bluesman Robert Johnson decide di fare un patto con il diavolo per avere gloria immortale. Dieci anni dopo la morte del musicista …

Crying the blues down in the #Mississippi Delta.

. There are only three known photos of Robert Johnson and this is the least known – with blues singer/guitarist Johnny Shines (right). I wrote about my love of Johnson’s music a few day…