Sun Apr 18, 2010
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A German amateur plays Crossroad Blues on dobro. I love his slide guitar technique and how he keeps time by tapping his boots on the wooden floor. This is low-down blues at its best. I can imagine Robert Johnson singing this in a Mississippi juke joint back in the '30s- pleading for forgiveness from God in front of a drunk and lecherous crowd.
It makes me think of Dostoevsky's assertion that true believers exist only among the wicked.
Isn't it interesting how fascinated we humans are with the Faustian Pact? From the uneducated blues guitarist to the most erudite writer of high fiction, we love to tell the tale of the man who sold his soul to the Devil.
Went down to the crossroad.
Fell down on my knees.
I went down to the crossroad.
Fell down on my knees.
Well I asked the Lord to have mercy.
Save me if you please.
You can run, you can run babe.
Tell my friend poor Willie Brown.
You can run, you can run babe.
Tell my friend poor Willie Brown.
That I'm standing at the crossroad.
I believe I'm sinking down.
Original video found on YouTube.