The Deal with the Devil that Created Rock & Roll - Demonic Tales & Robert Johnson

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Being accused of making a pact with the devil must have been the precursor to being called a hacker in a video game.

I like the idea that Robert just really didn't know how to tune a guitar and the "devil" is just some dude who was willing to sit down and show him how to actually tune the thing 😂😂😂

To be fair, being a accused of dealing with the devil because you achieved something impossible is low key such a great compliment

Him singing about dealing with the devil is like metal bands that were accused of satanism saying screw it and using pentagrams in their cover art. He really was the father of rock 😂

This man once said “the devil doesn’t come to you with a red face and horns, he comes disguised as everything you ever wanted” and I swear I’ve never heard anything more true before

As iconic as the legend is, I think the story of a man who got laughed off the stage said "alright, I'll show you" and became a guitar god after years of hard work and practice, is a lot more inspirational.

I was actually in Mississippi once and I went to find one of his graves. While driving around in search of it, I got pulled over by an older police officer and when I told him that I was there looking for the grave, and I needed help in finding it, he showed me his badge & his name was Robert Johnson. Then he proceeded to point me up the road to where a memorial was for Robert Johnson. I drove up the road and there was just a giant billboard that said "Robert Johnson played and died on this street corner."

28:37 a music theory teacher in college told our class that paganini also probably had unnaturally big hands. So some of the music he wrote and performed was literally impossible for others to replicate, also fueling the rumors of him selling his soul to the devil

1930: He can't be that good, he must've sold his soul 2020: He can't be that good, he must be an industry plant

Wonder what Robert would have said if someone told him that millions people would listen his songs almost eighty years after his passing.

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I love how the actual story was he went and learned from a local guitar player and practiced in graveyards with him because he said "The dead can't complain."

That whole “dying at crossroads” is made a lot scarier by the fact that the majority of car wrecks happen at intersections

This man really made a 5 hour analysis on a book about death and instead of taking a little break, he then drops a 45 minute analysis on ANOTHER American history story. Absolutely unreal, thank you for feeding us ♡

here in Chile we have a story called "el roto que engaño al diablo" or The broke/poor (guy) that tricked the devil, it was one of my favorite folklore characters when i was little: Bartolo Lara, a broken man who lived in the south of Chile decides, desperate for lack of money decides to invoke the devil. The devil himself appears to him, and Bartolo asks him for a large amount of money in exchange for his soul, the only thing he possessed. The devil asks him when he wants him to take it away, and Bartolo replies "tomorrow." The devil, surprised because people usually want several years to enjoy what they asked for, accepts the deal, but gives him one day. There Bartolo asks to record the pact in a contract, and the devil writes: Bartolo Lara, I won't take you today, but I'll take you tomorrow. The deal done, Bartolo enjoys his money for the rest of the day, and in the morning he leaves to join the devil. He makes an appearance and tells him that the time has come to collect the deal, but Bartolo asks that the devil show the contract signed by both parties. There the devil reads it, and realizes that the end of the term was not for that day, but for the next ("I won't take you today, but I'll take you tomorrow"). For the trouble of having returned to the same place, Bartolo asks the devil for money again, generally it is counted as the same sum as the first time, so that every time the devil returned to look for Bartolo's soul, he asked that he check the contract and then demanded more money. This is how a long time passed until the devil realizes that he had been deceived, and he gives up looking for Bartolo. The end of the story is uncertain, many times it is not mentioned, other times it is said that Bartolo enjoyed the remaining money for the rest of his life. Bartolo just wanted to do a little trolling

As an artist myself, I'm happy you included the true story of how Johnson learned his craft instead of just telling the Devil aspect of the story. Learning a skill takes years of work and dedication and to me, talking about that aspect is really important because he didn't just get good one day, he worked for it.

Deal with the devil or not, I believe when they tried to push him down, he took that as a sign to better himself, to truly love what he appreciates in life. Like a sage, he understood that it was okay to be alone and so he mastered his craft. dedication, time, emotion and passion. He was truly a magnificent musician.

A thing to note: it's widely believed that Robert's recordings were sped up due to bad recording equipment of the era. You can actually find slowed down versions here on YouTube and they're just as, if not more, haunting as the studio versions.

I definitely don't believe the Devil narrative bc there's a LOT you can learn in 3 years. If he was as dedicated as they say, I absolutely believe he could have found a good teacher, buckled down and got really good at guitar in 3 years. Also I think a video on the 27 Club would be hella interesting!