groyster1
3353 posts
Apr 27, 2019
4:46 PM
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has anybody seen this movie??????its all fascinating to me.....as far as selling his soul to the devil its all folklore…...but as far as his death the coroner ruled his death as pneumonia......and probably from aspiration from vomit......in my 33 years s respiratory therapist it was all too common......as far as strychnine poisoning...….he could not have lived for 3 days...….or could he?????
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BAG
168 posts
Apr 27, 2019
9:54 PM
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Watched it tonight. Good movie, but will need to watch a few more times. Guess I'll have to watch the movie again and re-read Adam's book again to get a better understanding of all that surrounded his life and death. I liked the movie, but I don't think the couple of clips with Keith didn't do justice to the influence that Johnson had on later rock n roll and blues musicians. If I go to a jam in Minnesota there is a Robert Johnson tune played about every time whether or not proper credit is given.
Adam's Book "Beyond the Crossroads, The Devil and the Blues Tradition" is a must read if you are interested "as far as selling his soul to the devil its all folklore….".
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SuperBee
5914 posts
Apr 28, 2019
2:26 AM
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I don’t think RJ had a big impact on the music I play but he sure was influential on the British guitarists ofvthe 60s and maybe all the blues and rock scene of the 60s and 70s.
We used to play a few of his numbers but I can’t think of any on our current list.
Except maybe if you believe Robert Lockwood who said Mr Downchild is a Robert Johnson song. I heard him play it the way he said RJ taught him, and that was certainly in the style. Of course Sonny Boy 2 was friends with RJ so it’s kinda hard to say which way that might have flowed.
I’ve got a few movies to watch if they become accessible. Horn from the Heart and the Satan & Adam flick...this RJ doco is available on Netflix so thanks for the heads up..I’m gonna watch it now
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SuperBee
5915 posts
Apr 28, 2019
3:39 AM
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Ok now I am reconsidering...
I play Big Walter’s Hard-hearted Woman. That seems quite closely related to Johnson’s Kind-hearted Woman
I liked seeing Terry Bean and Bill Perry speak too.
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The Iceman
3835 posts
Apr 28, 2019
6:24 AM
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Very well done documentary. The mystery was about how a below average guitar player could disappear for a year and re-appear as a PLAYER!
The Devil did it is pretty fun folk lore, but I'm leaning more toward all those hours of practice in the graveyard with those other "best guitar player in MS" sessions...
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LFLISBOA
48 posts
Apr 29, 2019
6:01 AM
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Just saw this weekend. Nothing new, but good graphics. We can see that there's none of his comtemporanies, but his legend stands still mostly due to Richards and Clapton (whose recorded an album dedicated to RJ's music). Paul Oscher's version of "Kind Hearted Woman" is very interesting. Good documentary anyway.
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Sundancer
285 posts
Apr 29, 2019
9:32 AM
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IMO the documentary did a superb job of showing just how hard, difficult, challenging horrible (pick yer adjective) RJs life was, not just as a musician but as a black man in the Delta in the 20s and 30s. And those challenges fed into his mental & emotional states, which fed into the music.
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