Legend

Robert Johnson garnered little recognition in his own time, owing to the
fact that he was itinerant and played mostly on street corners and in
juke joints.

It is our incredible good fortune that he recorded 29 songs in 1936 and
1937, along with the alternates they are the only music we have of his.
There are only two verified photographs of him, one he took of himself
in a photo booth. Details of his life are very scarce. As Martin
Scorsese has said: "The thing about Robert Johnson was that he only
existed on his records. He was pure legend."

What we know for sure is that his life was short, and that he was a
master of blues guitar in the highest order. Today he is considered to
be one of the all-time great guitarists, of any age. His style was
highly complex and extremely advanced. When Rolling Stone guitarist
Keith Richards was introduced to Johnson's music by Brian Jones, he
replied, "Who is the other guy playing with him?". There wasn't another
guy playing with him of course, but it took quite a while for Richards
to believe that Johnson was producing these multi-layered sounds alone.
Groups such as Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton, The White Stripes, and
thousands of others owe their existence to this elusive man who, legend
has it, sold his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar talent the
world had never seen.

Johnson's music has lived on to inform and propel generations of popular
music. It is safe to say the landscape of music today would be very,
very different if Robert had not given us those 29 songs. You can now
buy all 29 songs (plus all the alternate takes, which add dimension to
the collection since Robert never played a song the same way twice)
together and I highly recommend it.

32-20 Blues
Come On In My Kitchen
Come On In My Kitchen (Alternate Take)
Cross Road Blues
Cross Road Blues (Alternate Take)
Dead Shrimp Blues
Drunken Hearted Man
Drunken Hearted Man (Alternate Take)
From Four Until Late
Hell Hound On My Trail
Honeymoon Blues
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Kind Hearted Woman Blues (Alternate Take)
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Little Queen Of Spades
Little Queen Of Spades (Alternate Take)
Love In Vain Blues
Love In Vain Blues (Alternate Take)
Malted Milk
Me And The Devil Blues
Me And The Devil Blues (Alternate Take)
Milkcow's Calf Blues
Milkcow's Calf Blues (Alternate Take)
Phonograph Blues
Phonograph Blues (Alternate Take)
Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)
Ramblin' On My Mind
Ramblin' On My Mind (Alternate Take)
Steady Rollin' Man
Stones In My Passway
Stop Breakin' Down Blues
Stop Breakin' Down Blues (Alternate Take)
Sweet Home Chicago
Terraplane Blues
They're Red Hot
Traveling Riverside Blues
Traveling Riverside Blues (Alternate Take)
Walkin' Blues
When You Got A Good Friend
When You Got A Good Friend (Alternate Take)