The father of blues, Robert Johnson, made his famous deal with the Devil at the crossroads, and his biggest hit, Crossroads, was an account of that event. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame claims the songs of Robert Johnson "are the bedrock upon which modern blues and rock and roll were built... the father of rock and roll... It is said that legendary blues man Robert Johnson made his pact with Satan at the crossroads of Highways 49 & 61 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Johnson went from being the worst guitarist to the best guitarist.” Contemporary blues guitar player, Son House: "He sold his soul to the Devil to play like that." According to www.rockhall.com, “Robert Johnson stands at the crossroads of American music as a popular folk legend has it, he once stood at Mississippi crossroads and sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for guitar playing powers." Robert Johnson describes his deal with Satan in the song Me and the Devil Blues: "Early this morning when you knocked upon my door, and I said 'Hello Satan, I believe it's time to go.' Me and the Devil was walking side by side". Johnson describes the demons that were chasing him in the song Hellhound on My Trail: "I got to keep moving and the day keeps on worryin' me. It's a hell hound on my trail, hell hound on my trail, hell hound on my trail." Jerry Lee Lewis, singer of Great Balls of Fire, told his producer repeatedly, “I’m possessed by the Devil.” In his autobiography, Little Richard confessed, “I was directed and commanded by another power, the power of darkness, the power you’ve heard so much about, the power that people don’t believe exists, the power of the Devil, Satan. We must realize that there is a force fighting against us in this world.” The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, started out
on Sun Records. The lightning bolt in Elvis' TCB logo
comes from the lightning bolt on the front of Captain Marvel Jr.'s costume
and is also supposed to be the good counterpart to the evil double sig
rune of the nazi SS. Elvis had met with President Richard Nixon in order
to infiltrate the FBI. “Elvis believed that he was working under the aegis of these masters.” Of course, Elvis would have been an easy target –
his bout with drugs and his ensuing death as a result is well publicized. |