This intensive biography of Robert Leroy Johnson (1911-1938) brings together his life, family, his home ground and his music to produce a sharply drawn portrait of one of the earliest guitar heroes. One of the original members of the 27 Club and forever haunted by a midnight  deal   with the Devil at the Crossroads, Robert Johnson’s  life story invokes all the horrors of Hell Hounds on his Trail. Many of Johnson’s recordings were not released until twenty-five years after his controversial death. His fortune did not accrue for a further twenty years and passed to the child of an alfresco encounter between Johnson and one of his young followers.

With fresh insights into this singer’s character, the author presents a detailed and carefully argued case for Johnson’s work to stand as a serious contribution to his century’s culture.  

Blues broadcaster Malcolm Noble unpicks the myths and half truths  and offers a detailed and carefully analysed study of the Delta Bluesman’s life and music.

Large Paperback 458 pages 246mm x 189mm

 20 black and white photographs

978 1 9998092-8-7

£50