***This Blog is a work in progress*** Take a journey with me to one of the most infamous crossroads in music history. Situate yourself inside a dusty bar in the middle of nowhere. On stage, legendary musician Robert Johnson conjures the raw soul of the Blues. The time is timeless. But for Johnson, he’s steeped in the sweltering, deeply religious Jim Crow South during The Great Migration northward. He’s crooning on about his Cross Road Blues. Johnson, considered the grandfather of Blues...

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