Robert Johnson - They Sold Their Souls for Rock N Roll

This video clip explains how Satan has used the music of Rock and Roll pioneer Robert Johnson to influence millions of listeners. For more information, please visit www.goodfight.org. To buy the documentary, "They Sold Their Souls for Rock N Roll", please visit this link www.goodfight.o...

[@adamfricks]

Ike Zimmerman taught him the guitar.ike ,ironically ,became a preacher .he took Robert in for about a year.there are interviews with Ike's daughter about it if you google him

[@TheUnplugged1]

Thank you for this

[@deloreswilson1798]

Some people never come to God. No matter how bad it gets for them.I don't understand that but they will regret it too late.Hell isn't going to have any vacancies. You can't complain when you make the wrong choice.You can only blame your free will.

[@andrewdog-gonewaylon5915]

@@deloreswilson1798 How could anyone who ain't white ever become a Christian when Christians formed an organisation that is the KKK, and started hating on everyone else who is born differently or has a different opinion?

[@deloreswilson1798]

@@andrewdog-gonewaylon5915Isnt anything about the KKK in the inspired word of God.Break open the Word and let God show you the TRUTH.Being a Christian isnt about religion.Its about relationship with God Almighty,our CREATOR.Don't be fooled by racism on either side and denomination.Its about a relationship with God Almighty.John 3:16.Read it.The Bible.The WORD.It won't bite ya'.🤔

[@xXCEEHUXx]

You can say what you want. Everybody who plays guitar knows it is impossible to get that good in 6 months. After 6 months he could play everything he heard? Before these 6 months he couldn’t play a lick. And he practiced already before. I think we just need to accept that some riddles can’t be solved

[@jtostros]

The guy was struggling to play two notes at a time after he got "good." And he was playing music that was built around two-three chords. Ad he was working from a musical repertoire much smaller than the ones that exist today. That can be done in a matter of three weeks. That fact that it took him around half a year is confirmation of the fact that he had very little talent before he became "talented."

[@estrangeibanez3051]

😂 blues is fairly easy to learn. Anyone can sit on one chord. Say an Em, one can literally learn many licks over that chord and sound phenomenal in one week. The only difference with some people is determination to actually be better.

[@conspiracyathome2416]

@@estrangeibanez3051 if thats true then what cd have i heard you on.

[@visionboxed]

not true....

[@sonsofliberty3081]

@@estrangeibanez3051 hold up. I play, I know what it takes. You're telling me that Eric freakin Clapton struggles to play some of these licks and yet it can be done by anyone in under 6mo time. Stop trying to justify this and listen to it. This was just an infamous beginning. If actually watched this whole film, you'd be a changed person. We're talking areosmith, Dylan, page, Jim Morrison, the lest goes on.

[@MyAb111]

That guy realized his purpose in life the day he picked up a guitar. Good for him. That's why it's important to always try new things.

[@mathieuschuler366]

Sorry to bust the myth but Roberts grandson has shed a lot of light on the old rumors. Robert actually moved away for a year or two and went back to his hometown where he and his good friend, Ike Zimmerman (or Zinnerman) would live and play together. Ike’s living relatives said to have remembered Robert and actually were under the impression he was family. Robert and Ike were said to have played in graveyards at night because the people there wouldnt bother them. When he came back to Son House and Willie Brown he had lots of practice and time to learn. Robert told people he sold his soul because he knew it would gain some attention. He also wasnt the first to claim to sell his soul.

[@BrdBks]

Ah yes, I guess that means it's true then, thank you so much for showing us all the truth. Im not sure why nobody asked you seeing you knew the man yourself! Gosh lee, we need to get you on a podcast or something so you can clear everything up for us!!!

[@user-tb2jy9lu3d]

There are a lot of modern-day music artists who have stated for themselves present-day that they have essentially sold their soul for fame. Bob Dylan is on youtube with a video saying that very thing, for instance. Many others, too.

[@MisterRlGHT]

I'll go you one better: Robert Johnson NEVER claimed he sold his soul to the devil -- that was Tommy Johnson who said he exchanged his soul for musical talent, but over the years the lines have been blurred by half-assed authors until that myth got saddled on the wrong Johnson. Don't take my word for it, look it up (being sure to accept no quotes that don't name the person speaking -- note how this dumb video cites all kinds of allegations without naming any speaker for any of them).

[@mathieuschuler366]

@Brodey Brinks dont take my word for it, hear his grandson tell the story. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIucl4eejqmijJI

[@mathieuschuler366]

@MisterRlGHT not sure if anyone could definitively prove whether or not Robert claimed to have sold his soul.

[@benendesc3931]

Maybe like many players I know he left for a while and then something just ticked and he found his rhythm. That isn’t odd and sometimes it’s not always down to the supernatural. But he did find his feet very quickly though

[@shaneedwards1954]

I don't know about selling his soul but he sure hammered the blues like no one else.

[@BrdBks]

of course you dont know, you cannot see.

[@mikejohn0088]

You will discover one day when you get your time to justify.

[@wonkothesane8691]

I don't believe Robert Johnson sold his soul, if memory serves, he had given up on music, settled into life as a sharecropper, having fallen in love with a young woman. She died suddenly, I can't remember how, but he disappeared for some months, returning to play as hid. It's said the Blues has a magic, born from a soul in pain. Given the way life was in those days, I'd say his soul was tormented, devil or no. There is a certain beauty in things proceeding from a loss of hope, I hear that in his music. He may have lost hope, but he never stopped looking for it.

[@kenneththompson5594]

Most of them have for Fame 👿

[@mikejohn0088]

oh..no.

[@Magnum_Opus_Music]

''People can't stand it that some people are better than them and needed less time to learn the art'' Just how people are...

[@rejm1161]

When your guitar finally get tuned up with good strings ! tunes come out. I've played some Robert Johnson in public for 15+ years, 2 guys , one on guitar, the other on Blues Harp..... Blues 101 We made good money. I"m 66 now.

[@guingomez168]

Magnus Sirius where did you used to play at.

[@holden5310]

Do tell me how I can get tuned up with some good strings, as it is my intent to have good tunes.

[@mikejohn0088]

66 and born in the month of June.

[@moiseslara8875]

Crazy how much of an influence he’s been in music

[@Sean-ng4eu]

Paranormal involvement was blamed for many folks extra special gifts . Southern usa Delta region,New Orleans etc quite a few entertainers were accused of otherworldly practices to acquire their talents from Scott Joplin to Dr John!

[@mainspringguerrilla6841]

*Jeff Goldblum walks up to this video and takes off his sunglasses* “That is one big pile of shit”

[@joeyboybossman]

practice makes perfect..try to sit and play everyday for 8hrs everyday for 6 to 8 months u will be good..beleive me..

[@lucasvarela9632]

Robert had a vandetta lmao

[@Pro1938ftc3ch]

Practice doesn't mean your practicing 😉

[@johnmoyle4195]

Only perfect practice makes perfect

[@JakeFields92]

You will be good yes, but not revolutionary. Robert had more than just practice. It took Eric Clapton many years to play delta blues like Johnson. And Clapton was claimed God as a guitar player. What does that make johnson at only the age of 25-27 making that kind of music? As a seasoned guitarist myself, it gives me absolute chills to hear Johnson’s music every time. The older I get, the more I realize he may have been telling the truth in those devil songs.

[@lyxon7248]

i practised 8h every day for 4 years

[@SiGeeTVClips]

I belong to Jesus!

[@johnmudd6453]

You a slave ?

[@soulvaccination8679]

Guy named Zimmerman taught Robert Johnson how to play the guitar..

[@Jazzywazz]

He could have just practiced!

[@Magnum_Opus_Music]

Exactly haha

[@cloudylifestyle5657]

Magnum Opus Songwriter if he did we wouldn’t have been searching his name right now ...

[@thepolyglotraccoon]

You don't get it.

[@genetenz]

He learned from another guitarist in that time

[@brianMcGranahan0311]

Without the legend, would you have heard of him?

[@TJV83]

Isn't Tommy Johnson on O Brother Where Art Thou based on Robert Johnson?

[@reneroux2391]

NeckbeardOutlaw they touch his story a little bit

[@lacrackatutu]

no, tommy johnson was an actual blues musician who was also said to sell his soul at crossroads.

[@gagetaulbee2979]

Or he practiced and got that talent with hard work

[@outtheboxschrodinger4901]

Lol

[@tbonewalkerfan]

Remember, all souls are worth saving but not all souls are worth buying.

[@walshwalsh6828]

Oh, fuck! Did you really just reference Words Of Advice For Young Ppl by Burroughs?

[@brightbite]

Only the souls seen as objects in a display case, rather than as sentient beings are worth buying, right? No thanks!

[@carmenadams575]

“I’m going to beat my woman until I’m satisfied?” Sounds like the devil’s influence to me.🤷🏾

[@stlouisix3]

Exactly. He was afraid of and trying to resist the devil but he was too weak to because he rejected God and didn't try to ask God humbly for help after foolishly selling his soul to the devil. Everyone needs to become a good Catholic to save their souls☦️✝️☦️

[@danielmolinar8669]

@@stlouisix3 Missing major context there. But what's to expect from you guys

[@Bacnow]

I gave my soul, my heart and my mind to Jesus in exchange for eternal life. I think i got a better deal than Johnson. No amount of money or fame is worth your eternal soul.

[@goldshieldinthedark]

I figure Johnson knows that now.

[@Junglehunter677]

Life is too short and too precious to spend it focused on the afterlife. Live each day as your last and experience everything you can before you died.

[@jamestisdale6345]

Robert Johnsons great grandson actually debunked this myth, in saying that Robert actually went back to Hazlehurst Mississippi and hooked up with a guitar mentor named Isaac Zimmerman, and he spent 3 years learning under Zimmerman. The whole myth was spawned when he came back and played and they said you must've sold your soul to the devil. The lyrics in his songs don't actually mean his alleged pact with the devil, but his internal struggles he dealt with by singing the blues. And about the people that said he admitted selling his soul, are you really gonna trust every word heard?

[@karanjotsingh1873]

WRONG Robert Johnson IS THE ONE IMMORTAL HIS NAME WILL LIVE ON EVEN AFTER 1000 OF YEAR ON THE OTHER HAND YOU ARE THE ONE WHO WILL BE FORGOTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Epicface6000]

Yea but idgaf about you sooo who the real sucka

[@vinayseth1114]

5:32 What if he was referring to his woman as Satan? :D

[@skadarprojectbm2029]

I personaly think that the story about "selling your soul to the devil" is a good metaphora, and its so good that the whole music genre of rock and roll was built upon it, because people are always attracktive to something dangerous, deep and mystic, that was the story that created rock, but a good metaphoric story, and Robert just used that to become even more popular. But the one main thing about the music he created; people were so amazed by his music because it that time the music he was playing was considered like everything, but let me just get you rough example, imagine and yngwie malmsteen travel to past in the year of 1930 an imaginr he played those ultrafast licks, people would consider him a god of guitar, its all about perspective, thats my opinion, i think that stories about selling souls is just a good metaphora to get attention..

[@asintonic]

you Godless faithless liberal is what you are. You will witness your mistake one day and it will be to latee.

[@dimitriosalexiadis2300]

I really don't care

[@mikejohn0088]

You will learn one day and you can join him in gay play.

[@AutoNomadic]

How fascinating. ... One thing I never understood though is how a specific type of religous person believes in God and dismisses any presence of the devil. Where is the responsibility of choice in that equasion? One cant exist without the other can it?

[@Meetingpeoplefive]

SeattleSundown "WELL SAID" Tom Brady and Mr. Johnson have something in common.

[@AutoNomadic]

Lol for real. I'm from Chattanooga originally and he definitely made a deal. Dammit!

[@hectorguzman8952]

Jdhsihhdfkfpd

[@aydendelao6147]

SeattleSundown no, the devil is merely a creation of God. He is not the opposite or equal to God, he’s just a lying serpent.

[@samautio6065]

How fascinating that people still believe in such superstitious fables.

[@luisgalvan8809]

Un super dotado 💚💙👏👏👏👏👏😍

[@freewilly5240]

No it's called hard work.....he practiced and worked on his craft but it is a nice story to tell

[@sabrinalecrivainmediaTM]

FREE WILLY YESSS THANK YOU

[@kevasmr5647]

Spirits can play a part

[@joshuachadmorris5178]

@@kevasmr5647 no they can't

[@dragonwarriorht]

Bullshit

[@ricosavage4281]

Shut up he sold his soul idiot

[@cazpk6840]

He wrote songs to say he sold his soul. No kidding. He died at 27. Dont mess with darkness.

[@TopJimmyWinn]

He went and wood shedded and practiced

[@Warlow1980]

Most people go to Hell anyway so we might as well cash in for a soul we aren't using.

[@ravenshadowz2343]

Robert Johnson's grandson Steven Johnson, has stated this is not true, that Robert learned from Ike Zinnnerman, and lived with him for about 3 years, then went back home.

[@mikejohn0088]

Time table issues.

[@alonenjersey]

If anyone cares, the man portraying him in the studio is actor Tim Russ.

[@samanthab1923]

I like all the mystery about him. Spooky 👻

[@cobraferrariwars]

Two books set the record straight: Up Jumped the Devil and Brother Robert. Buy these books if you are interested in the real world, not fairy tales.

[@Vardalon]

Yeah, didn't he have a half sister or something who just recently published a book?

[@cobraferrariwars]

@@Vardalon She was not blood but was family anyway and yes she published an informative book.

[@Vardalon]

@@cobraferrariwars I'll have to read it when I get a chance. I wonder what if she even knew he was her stepbrother until later in her life.

[@cobraferrariwars]

@@Vardalon She knew him when he was a young teenager and traveled from the Delta to Memphis. Sounds like a close family notwithstanding divorces and deaths. Great book.

[@IsCumaFut2]

Fantastic player

[@DonDaDuckGuy]

ive been practicing for 8 months now and i would say im pretty good but im no robert johnson ill tell you that but just lately it feels like ive gotten WWAYYY better maybe i sold my sold on accident

[@Jazzywazz]

No. You didn't. Actually, One cannot sell Their soul! Play every day you get good!!!

[@4kydzmy]

@@Jazzywazz Exactly

[@Jazzywazz]

@James Arnold Really? What ever. I am not a kid. I am multi instrumental n a trained vocalist.

[@speculesgorgoth4055]

Running from the devil. Impossible. You cannot hide. Not from him

[@ptonfire1]

Lies,,,,,he practiced,what else is the to do in RURAL MISSISSIPPI IN THE 20s after work. Every artist must have a story. Its as important as the music it self..

[@beamgeorges3607]

I mean if he said it himself multiple times, why is it so hard to believe?

[@ptonfire1]

@@beamgeorges3607 because; its just makes for a good story dear. Behind Every great artist is a great story. Thats is as important as the music they give my pretty..

[@virgin1506]

He sold his soul its so obvisous

[@HowRJ]

He went off, practiced, and came back strong.......read Charlie Parker's story......same thing.......

[@mikejohn0088]

same deal

[@Jazzywazz]

6 to 8 months is long enough to get good in my opinion!!

[@kennypowers7334]

Soecially if you playin all nigh every night

[@mikejohn0088]

You were never married.

[@justinx590]

If he sold his soul he would've been back before 8 months. Haha. The man was just a natural.

[@anlexaify]

People believe shit nowadays why can't you people just say he practiced and has extraordinary talent with music.

[@cloudylifestyle5657]

terriboy people are just getting more and more skeptical everyday and I think it’s deeper than just following and believing I really think he did sell his soul but not purposely, I think the devil tricked him into it

[@samautio6065]

@Shipwrecked Island No one has a soul to sell. Hell hound on my trail is about an escaped slave being hunted down by dogs.

[@samautio6065]

He wasn't a natural, there was a time when people couldn't stand his playing. He ended up great because he worked hard for it.

[@khy7672]

Why he just can't be great

[@Jazzywazz]

I don't think He was very good. I play better!!

[@theseyoungstasaintgotnores8182]

@@Jazzywazz bitch please

[@chingachi7924]

This is America

[@addictedtoledzeppelin9878]

Cause this would be boring

[@tsheponcamane2018]

@@Jazzywazz why we don't know you

[@justinchambars844]

have you ever heard of pratice

[@belikejaden4538]

justin chambars what’s pratice

[@MrPlooky]

Excellent point, also, had Johnson been a Christian artist they'd be raving about his god-given talent wouldn't they? Fucking idiots

[@mikejohn0088]

What is your special talent where practice paid big?

[@ryanschuler9827]

I believe he used it as metaphor and got people listening

[@travisaurand7550]

Who cares as long as he keeps playing

[@mikejohn0088]

He's dead.

[@averyravenseye2651]

"couldn't play a lick" not only is that disrespectful to him it's false. It was known he was an "average guitar player" many said. So he already had a foundation. With that give him a year of lessons and total practice yeah his chops would be tighter

[@danielmolinar8669]

Considering he seemed like a guy who didn't cared what others thought of him, it could be that it was a different sound or something, idk

[@LUCKYB.]

Just think if Johnson would of had a hand at a electric Grestch or a Strat with a fender 4-10 .

[@samyang4667]

Robert Johnson we love you and I'm on the same path to survive the times and live an extremely long life..I listen to you every Sunday and Saturday.

[@BrdBks]

youre on the path to hell then, best change before its too late my friend.

[@ericralls7594]

That brother didn’t sell his soul, he practiced his fingers bloody, like the rest of us…

[@oldcremona]

Yep

[@RdamWest]

He said it himself tho ....

[@mikejohn0088]

He used KZbin for the lessons as he was broke as were his folk.

[@danielmolinar8669]

@@RdamWest Where?

[@RdamWest]

@@danielmolinar8669 2:48 and also listen from 4:34

[@trip577]

You can't sell your soul people , you can sell your flesh , your works , your spirit , your service , your allegiance , but you cannot sell your soul , it belongs to the Father .

[@trip577]

@zanzibar jones Do you believe in evil ? Jesus is the only thing that repels it .

[@trip577]

@zanzibar jones God didn't create evil , it manifested . Pride got the best of Satan

[@virgin1506]

Guess what lucifer was the best musician in heaven until god casted him down to hell he sold his soul its obvisous now hes dead burnin in hell

[@trip577]

@@virgin1506 Personally, I think "The Chief Musician" is the best, always will.

[@Eric-qk3bk]

You cant sell it. Only given

[@Magnum_Opus_Music]

he said she said....

[@pressplay1072]

from r johnson to.......Metallica in a matter of a few decades to todays music.....holy crap batman!!!!

[@bloodyrevenge7635]

IT Went Downhill...

[@slimeydon]

A, it wouldn’t have been Clarksdale, too busy and that place isn’t even a crossroads. B, he got lessons for almost two years near Hazelhurst Ms when he was looking for his real father. The guy that gave him the lessons was a guy named Ike Zimmerman, who is not recorded. C, look into Blues songs of that period and there are more than a few songs about the devil. Great story though, gets people interested. Next time go beyond Wikipedia.

[@johnerikson828]

You cant sell your soul. In the Bible, God says that all Souls belong to me

[@piperpan5516]

That's it John Erikson. In an interview I read and copied into a word doc, Robert Johnsons grandson explains just that. There are however many things in this world that can take possession of any person, psychic, emotional, mental forces, both human forces and other. Ones soul essence is forced to take a kind of step back from the human animal and spirit when one is suffering, or one may be ignoring and not connecting properly with ones natural divine nature. Gods divine nature is always there, learning to tune in and connect is the key. However it cannot stop us from doing what any person does nor control natures heavier and darker elements and nature, it is simply there. It doesn't judge nature the way we do, however it can help us move away from heavy forces and influences. It was the divine that gave Robert his gift and aided the cultivation of his talent and hunger to learn music. He was a black man living in an very superstitious culture. Black african Americans did sometimes use Voodou and all believed in the powers of Voodou. Like anything of the divine, it can be used for good or bad, depending on where the person is at. Robert along with the rest of his fellow African Americans was also in a very cruel white culture. The notion of Satan and the Devil was naturally present in the human spirit because of the so called 'evil' that possessed humans treatment and attitudes toward each other. This destructive, 'evil' possessed nature is still rife but in a high tech modern environment. Thus in many ways the song remains the same. The problem of seeing something clearly and which arises, is when I see simplistic christian people creating a picture or idea that gives little real insight into situations and the reality's involved. I'm not wishing to put em down, however it can come across a bit primary school christian philosophy, rather than spiritual perspectives that are deeply insightful and experienced with life

[@tirrell1532]

How can't you? the father gives us a choice. Even the ones in these churches that thinks they're making it in those gates isn't. The enemy ran the music industry then and do now.

[@leovermeiren]

🧡👍🎸😎

[@JMittenkit]

This is what happens when you achieve 40 hrs of practise a day.

[@joechain7548]

24 hours in a day, Not 40.

[@SethMacLeod95]

@@joechain7548 I was hoping this comment was here 😂😂

[@子维-u1g]

I guess one really has to sell soul to the devil to get more than 25 hours in a day

[@danielmolinar8669]

Robert the OG Ling Ling.

[@gilvogt4440]

The Devil had nothing to do with the man's skills.......

[@thatguyplut4184]

He told people he sould his soul and made a song about it he definitely sold his soul

[@susieq2806]

It wasn't Robert Johnson's talent. He paid a high price for temporary success, if he sold his soul to Satan. Many have done it, & it's not worth it😰👿👎

[@babadook8874]

Not until I see it with my own eyes and I'm sure as hell pun intended he would't be these fire breathin with horns and bat wings who could've made a deal with something like that??

[@jeffhucle6436]

my guess would be more the money man bought into Robert Johnson and wants paid. and when RJ left and came back a better player it's prolly cuz he went to hang out with Skip James

[@willambeasley9609]

There trying make it sound like honeyboy Edward's believes that he sold his everlastin soul to the devil to play that there getar but 🍯 actually disagrees trust me I seen that actual documentary

[@MrPlooky]

Robert Johnson got worldwide Fame for selling his soul, while the producers of this video sold their soul for nothing LOL

[@BlueDreamMicrogreens]

Looks like I need to make an appointment with Satan.

[@swirling5418]

Play your guitar very loudly at chucalisa Indian village between 1:00am - 1:06am Friday night. Memphis Tennessee

[@mikejohn0088]

You have one...just don't know it yet.

[@johnkrajcir5068]

maybe the blues .

[@mikesterken5754]

He just disappeared after his wife and kid died. He just took his grief into playing. Used the selling his soul as a gimmick to be famous.

[@mikejohn0088]

Than you should try it.

[@danielmolinar8669]

too bad he only got famous after he died

[@paranormallife8642]

Even tho I love his music. I got to call bull. For one you cant sell your soul because in all reality it does not belong to you. Selling souls is nothing more than a myth.

[@romanticandperky]

It's curious that Keith Richards is in this video. My late older brother, who was a career guitarist, recorded a version of Robert Johnson's "You Can't Kill Me Twice" with Keith Richards at his house. I showed up at my brother's deathbed the day before he died-with a Bible!

[@Mandomajic47]

According to the legend Robert was a horrible guitar player and over night became awesome that's hard to do with "practice "

[@likenl4508]

@Keith Williams you don't get amazing at guitar in 6 months

[@danielmolinar8669]

@@likenl4508 Yes you can. and people say a year, 2 years, 3 years. Musical experience, talent, and having nothing else to do can do that

[@jaimegarcia9032]

gifted sufer gifted pluss dedikation beoutiful

[@kristydavis7289]

I believe my soul is for Christ Jesus ,God!

[@takusungjung3894]

good fro u but what does this have to with johnson woman?

[@mikejohn0088]

@@takusungjung3894 -- thanks for that.

[@brucewayne2184]

Why would you sell your soul just to be sad? Lol

[@jtostros]

funniest comment I have read on here yet!

[@deloreswilson1798]

Truth is stranger than fiction...short cuts are never smart...🤔😎

[@deloreswilson1798]

Wrong seems right in the beginning...😎

[@maryjanejames8281]

God or jesus never ask for your soul. Just love in your heart. One love

[@Charliegirl5000now]

I think it's difficult for most to understand African American history and how we process religion, even today younger African Americans don't understand it, let alone whites, who use our music as karaoke to fame, that any of you believe you can comment and decide who he was and what truly happened it ludicrous. Just my old {black} opinion.

[@margueritenoiris9355]

European girl here of mixed ancestry. I'm majoring in American Studies and am very much interested in how African Americans understand religion. I would like to write my thesis on the subject - not as a means of furthering my own career, but to genuinely provide a stage for the vast cultural heritage of African Americans. Too many people are only interested in white American history. Would it be possible for me to conduct an interview with you on it?

[@ortezchambliss1658]

????

[@michaelrushlander7696]

Robert wood-shedded for well over 10,000 hours . . . and the rest his history.

[@shanemathews4177]

Done lots of wood shedding in my time..12 hours a day, 30 days a month, that's almost 2 and a half years....didnt have time, only went a way for 6-8 months...

[@sniffableandirresistble]

He took mushrooms 🍄

[@dennis87885]

Really?

[@davespears2241]

Robert johnson did not sell his soul to the devil he learnt some guitar from son house he wasn't very good so he went back to dockery farm and practiced all day and night he would not work on the farm his woman would complain about it that how he got so good practice

[@outtheboxschrodinger4901]

So why all the songs about crossroads or the devil ... the truth is clear

[@danielmolinar8669]

@@outtheboxschrodinger4901 "All songs". Brother, the only songs from him with potential references to the devil are "Me and the Devil Blues" and "Crossroad blues", and both talk about the struggles of his life and edgy stories relevant to the time period. cmon bro, really

[@ilysonny9766]

Um how yall know he just didnt get guitar lessons

[@outtheboxschrodinger4901]

Because he had failed since he had 7 years as a merchant, and he only performed Hajj in six months, while he was on the road, he could have taken lessons, and everyone would know, and Sue did not call all his songs the devil or crossroads

[@mikejohn0088]

Credit cards would have worked.

[@Setxboy]

This story is nonsense!

[@fothgt8554]

Stop giving the wicked one the glory! Look up the story of Whitlin Willie!!!

[@burkefarrow2032]

I'd say make movie bout it but people are so dumb they'd try it an probably get more than they bargain for

[@VredesStall]

...But at what price?? What will it cost you?? Nothing is for free.

[@michaelshields7777]

Pure evil!!!

[@shamandroid5392]

People are funny.

[@Guy_Montag]

I’d sell my soul.

[@jonathangranados4929]

Look at ur closet at 3:30am yum yum yum yum hmmummmmuhummm

[@SethMacLeod95]

You just did Daniel 🤦‍♂️

[@WilliamFuckingButcher]

Go ahead

[@mikejohn0088]

You're too easy; Lucifer likes a struggle not those that what to snuggle.

[@luisgalvan8809]

Esto del diablo es solo una mala propaganda

[@justicemccool1350]

he did not well his soul

[@mikejohn0088]

that was deep.

[@gert-janboot3928]

An amusing BS story .......................

[@davec.3129]

A lady loaned me this documentary arond 20 years ago snd God used it to change my life. Praise the Lord

[@davec.3129]

*around *and

[@barbarawilliamson136]

I believe he did make something with the devil...since God wouldn't grant it....sadly the devil won his soul....

[@thedarkwave44]

Barbara Williamson are u Really believing in this😂😂🤣🤣

[@hqhqgalfvailhfuoabhfvajghv6068]

Do you honestly believe that

[@cicibradley2809]

He sold his soul to the devil alright. Only it was a she-devil... a woman.... his muse.

[@fazi.indonesia100]

I don't like satan that much..

[@Ramen5267]

Where's the Devil at? I got a white soul to sell.

[@derbypreston5547]

So...... myths. Make stories! This is a story..... what really happened is he vanished In pursuit of his relentless passion to play the delta blues ..... He went to Mexico to ... a devil in theory place ...... the drug center of across the border then ! He hooked up with Junkies and the Merriachi players

[@derbypreston5547]

They taught him how to play in a unique way pleasant to the eager ear

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

You do realize you share the same fear of music the communist east totalitarian atheist regimes did....hmmmmm

[@paulredinger420]

I bet old Robert is wishing he didn't make that deal now! A eternity of being in the smoking section forever, for what 50 years of playing the blues? What a dum dum! I bet he's really singing the blues now, and wished he'd of played gospel and not the blues now. 50 years of fame and fortune, and a eternity of cooking. Not real smart really.

[@mikejohn0088]

Stated to perfection pal! The path is narrow...as we know.

[@speculesgorgoth4055]

Sorry Robert Johnson sounds like crap considering what he got. Not bad mind you but not great. Seriously this guy carries a pitch fork. Who remembers Robert Johnson??? Few

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

But I have also heard it said, IF you play a fiddle better than Satan in a cutting contest.. you win a fiddle of gold against your soul....so practice kids...

[@carinarosales6899]

i wonder if it is true i believe that is possible to sell your soul🐩😂🏝

[@johnerikson828]

Carina Rosales you cannot sell your soul. Because in the Bible, God said that all Souls belong to me

[@babyeureka04]

I don't believe it's possible to go to the moon

[@natgenesis5038]

You need contact?