How can we explain the incredible talent that rises clear as a bell off the scratchy old recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson? If we believe the legends, Johnson got his gift on a lonely Mississippi road when he met up with Beelzebub himself. The devil offered Johnson a musical genius that would tea

Expansive, Gritty, Overflowing, Religious, Saturated, Visceral

Sam Hopkins had the blues from 1920 all the way into the 1980s. During his long career, he experienced both celebrity and obscurity; today he's remembered as a Blues great and takes a place, along with Blind Lemon Jefferson and T-Bone Walker, in the trinity of Texas Blues. His scratchy voice, ragged

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