Cross Road Blues

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"Cross Road Blues" is a seminal 1936 Delta blues song by Robert Johnson that has become one of the most influential and mythologized recordings in blues and rock history.

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Cross Road Blues canonical 6
Crossroads Blues 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Delta blues song ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Crossroads ⓘ
Crossroads Blues ⓘ
linked to: Cross Road Blues
composer Robert Johnson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coveredBy Cream ⓘ
Elmore James ⓘ
Eric Clapton ⓘ
John Mayer ⓘ
Lynyrd Skynyrd ⓘ
The Allman Brothers Band ⓘ
genre Delta blues ⓘ
blues ⓘ
guitarist Robert Johnson ⓘ
guitarStyle bottleneck slide guitar ⓘ
hasFormat 78 rpm single ⓘ
hasMythology deal with the devil at the crossroads ⓘ
influencedArtist Cream ⓘ
Elmore James ⓘ
Eric Clapton ⓘ
Led Zeppelin ⓘ
Muddy Waters ⓘ
The Rolling Stones ⓘ
influencedGenre Chicago blues ⓘ
electric blues ⓘ
rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
key A (commonly in later covers) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Robert Johnson ⓘ
notableFor association with the Robert Johnson crossroads myth ⓘ
influence on blues music ⓘ
influence on rock music ⓘ
performer Robert Johnson ⓘ
producer Don Law ⓘ
recordedIn San Antonio, Texas ⓘ
recordingDate 1936-11-27 ⓘ
recordingYear 1936 ⓘ
recordLabel Vocalion Records ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
tempo medium ⓘ
theme desperation ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
travel ⓘ
title Cross Road Blues ⓘ
vocalist Robert Johnson ⓘ
vocalStyle falsetto leaps ⓘ
writerCountry United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert Johnson → notableWork → Cross Road Blues ⓘ
Crossroads → isCoverOf → Cross Road Blues ⓘ
Crossroads → adaptationOf → Cross Road Blues ⓘ
Crossroads → basedOn → Cross Road Blues ⓘ
Crossroads → isCoverVersionOf → Cross Road Blues ⓘ
Cross Road Blues → title → Cross Road Blues ⓘ
Cross Road Blues → alsoKnownAs → Crossroads Blues ⓘ
linked to: Cross Road Blues