See also Netflix’s ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads documentary on Johnson and Wardlow’s and Cornforth’s biography of Johnson, Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson.
See also Netflix’s ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads documentary on Johnson and Wardlow’s and Cornforth’s biography of Johnson, Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson.
I just watched the documentary last night and have been a fan since early college. The influence his music had on American music is simply incredible. Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards … and many others list Robert Johnson as a major influence. The Remastered documentary on Johnny Cash on Netflix is also excellent.
Great stuff, isn’t it? I did not know that there was a Johnny Cash documentary on Netflix, but now I will happily find and watch it.
I purchased that two-disc, 29 song Robert Johnson collection cd in 1991. I listened to it constantly and enjoy it still. The Cash documentary is under the same “Remastered:” series. It gets into a very specific timeline and I thought it was very interesting, especially his concert that he gave at the Nixon White House. The video footage of that concert and what Cash says is in it is: riveting (to me)… and quite relatable to today.
In the Netflix documentary, they mention people who discovered Johnson from 78s, and I grew up in a household that still had blues and jazz 78s, mostly Columbia red labels (but sadly nothing of Johnson’s among them). I learned about him later. Very much looking forward to the Remastered Cash documentary. Much appreciated!