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Bio's

Source	Author
The Blue Flame Cafe	Compiled from secondary sources
The All Music Guide	Cub Koda

Recommended listening

Album	Label/Cat. No.	CDs	Availability1
The Complete Recordings	Columbia 64222	2	for sale
King of the Delta Blues	Sony 65211	1	for sale
King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol . 1 & 2	Columbia 5294 or 64746	1	for sale

Recommended reading

Title	Author	Availability1
Searching for Robert Johnson	Peter Guralnick	for sale
Robert Johnson	Samual Charters	for sale
Any suggestions? Please mail me...	.	.

Recommended viewing

Title	Actors/Performers	Availability1
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? (site no. 2)	Danny Glover, Keb'Mo'	for sale

Note 1: item is in print and available at stores, if out of print check libraries, archives, etc.


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About the Robert Johnson transcriptions...

Given Robert Johnson's pronunciation and the quality of the recordings, it's often hard to tell what exactly he's singing. I've consulted several sources on Robert Johnson's' songs, on the internet as well as in printed and published form such as songbooks and I had to come to the conclusion that the dead right and certain transcription of a song probably doesn't exist or there is no way to be sure which one it is. So if you're looking for certified exact transcriptions, wander on blues boy or gal because you won't find them here. What you will find however, is transcriptions that I think are (most likely to be) correct and in many occasions alternative word(s) or phrases for a specific part of the song. Finally, for some songs you'll find bits and pieces of interesting background information, enjoy !.

Table Of Content (41 songs: 41 lyrics, 41 tab (in txt + GuitarPro format!), 41 sound clips)

32-20 Blues Come On In My Kitchen (1) Come On In My Kitchen (2) Cross Road Blues (1) Cross Road Blues (2) Dead Shrimp Blues Drunken Hearted Man (1) Drunken Hearted Man (2) From Four Till Late Hell Hound On My Trail Honeymoon Blues I'm A Steady Rollin' Man I Believe I'll Dust My Broom If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day

Kind Hearted Woman Blues (1) Kind Hearted Woman Blues (2) Last Fair Deal Gone Down Little Queen Of Spades (1) Little Queen Of Spades (2) Love In Vain (1) Love In Vain (2) Malted Milk Me And The Devil Blues (1) Me And The Devil Blues (2) Milk Cow's Calf Blues (1) Milk Cow's Calf Blues (2) Phonograph Blues (1) Phonograph Blues (2)

Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) Rambling On My Mind (1) Rambling On My Mind (2) Stones In My Passway Stop Breakin' Down Blues (1) Stop Breakin' Down Blues (2) Sweet Home Chicago Terraplane Blues They're Red Hot Traveling Riverside Blues Walkin' Blues When You Got A Good Friend(1) When You Got A Good Friend(2)

Created by:
Bluesman Harry
Page last updated on:
Januaty 1 2001