Robert Johnson Blues Foundation. November 2013.
27: Robert Johnson is the last in the series of ebooks from Chris Salewicz.
The '27s' examine the fate of, and myth surrounding, seven iconic music legends: Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jim Morrison.
All were young stars with an abundance of artistic talent, an ability to capture the popular imagination, and an appetite for self-destruction.
All were dead at 27. Must the ferociously good die young?
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[1] Wald 117
[2] Clapton,40
[3] Dylan 285
[4] Evans 22
[5] www.luckymojo.com/crossroads.html
[6] Wald, p. 107
[7] www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244
[8] Stephen LaVere, liner notes to Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings
[9] www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244
[10] www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244
[11] www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244
[12] Palmer 121
[13] Palmer 121
[14] YouTube interview with Robert Lockwood Jr.
[15] YouTube interview with Robert Lockwood Jr.
[16] Palmer 205
[17] Palmer 179
[18] Murray 32–33
[19] Wald, 108
[20] Murray 36
[21] Wald 108
[22] Wald 107
[23] Cobb 289
[24] Wald 109
[25] ibid
[26] Wald 108
[27] ibid
[28] LaVere, liner notes
[29] LaVere, liner notes
[30] LaVere, liner notes; http://www.tdblues.com/2011/10/ike-zimmerman-more-details-around-the-legend/
[31] LaVere, liner notes
[32] He was not the only musician to change his name on account of Lonnie Johnson; after he had toured the UK in 1952, Tony Donegan, also on that tour, changed his name to Lonnie Donegan.
[33] Wald 109
[34] Wald 111
[35] Wald, p. 112
[36] ibid
[37] ibid
[38] Wald, p. 113
[39] Wald 111
[40] Wald, p. 114
[41] Wald, p. 115
[42] Guralnick 34
[43] Murray 50
[44] Guralnick 36
[45] Guralnick p. 44
[46] ‘Hellhound on my Trail’ was actually an adaptation of Skip James’s 1931 song ‘Devil Got My Woman’.
[47] Many accounts claim this final performance was at a place called Three Forks; however, Jason Rewald’s account stems from scrupulous research, and he is adamant that this is where this performance took place.
[48] http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2010/06/music-monday-blues-robert-johnson-honeyboy-edwards
[49] ibid
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