“Sounds like Birdshit”

@1WayBlues Les Paul wasn’t a bluesman so much as Robert Johnson was but he enabled people to play harmonica and guitar at the same time- invented the holder for the harp after all.

thats tuvak off star trek voyager playing robert johnson, has to be

i love the bluesRock

That’s cool nfsfreak72, you have a good point about Clapton having a huge influence. Helped bring the blues and blues-rock into the mainstream in a huge way. Love Clapton.

wow, this was a fail-some line of comments.
WHAT I MEANT
was that after eric clapton recorded arguably the most well known version of this song people must have adopted his arrangement and certainly the way this song was titled. the original was called “cross road blues” and clapton’s was called “crossroads”. if you look on the tape in this video it’s called “crossroad blues”, probably influenced by clapton. i was misinterperated, don’t take it so seriously.

true that man…he wasnt even alive when robert johnson died, so yeah, you’re right.

that is one badass capo

When a record is recorded, it is a flat blank disk. the recorder actually cuts groves in the record that record the sounds on them. He was just brushing away the stuff that comes up from the groves. The shavings, I think that is what it’s called.

i meant after he did his version of crossroads i influenced the way people played (and titled) the song.

how the fuck could eric clapton influence this when he wasn’t even a-fucking-live…..and even if he was alive he would be a baby

eric clapton had an influence on this song…
when he puts it in his tape player the song is titled “crossroad blues” even though the real name is cross road blues
there’s an extra verse after the “sinking down” line

johnson sounds like he’s playing a very clean electric guitar

kick ass movie

he’s brushing away the etchings from the recording.

Lo esta grabando

It´s recording it.

what does he does to the vinyl at 0:47?

this is ry cooder,s version of robert johnsons song.
whos singin the song tho?????????
class fuckin guitar playing.

delta blues, huh?

are metal capos good?

Amen! lol

“Can’t we all just get along”? lol (Seriously though,I say that we play beautiful music from the heart and soul,the best way that we possibly can,before long (if you do that),then you will get so good (no matter what instrument(s) you prefer),that people will want to hear you,then more people,and someday,we could be remembered for our music,yes,even as much (it not more) than Robert Johnson himself…Think about it…

OwlMan

Why does it matter “how hard” it is to play, or what kinda music has more soul. Each to his/her own… FFS If u like a piece of music and someone else doesn’t…. WHO CARES. Cut the fucking bullshit and enjoy your favourite kind of music and stop whining about your stupid, and most of all pointless opinions…

its simply great music, unlike most of the shit on the radio today

“comparing classical and blues is apples and oranges really”

I agree and that’s why I think blues could be difficult as classical and viceversa.