Cross Road Blues

About Cross Road Blues

"Cross Road Blues" (sometimes known simply as "Crossroads") is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it as a solo piece with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues-style. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical talents, although the lyrics do not contain any specific references. .

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About this song

Credited to

Robert Johnson

Album

King Of The Delta Blues Singers · Track 1 of 17 · Opens the album

Released

January 1, 1970

Duration

2:29

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From the album: King Of The Delta Blues Singers