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The documentary takes a look at the short, mysterious life of Robert Johnson, the blues singer, songwriter and musician who has influenced later generations of musicians. The documentary title comes from the myth about how he made a deal with the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi to achieve musical success. [4] [5]
Robert Johnson's death certificate is shown in the documentary, "answering some questions, but prompting even more." It had been located by blues researcher Gayle Dean Wardlow in 1968, and independently by McCormick, who also tracked down witnesses to events surrounding Johnson's poisoning and death.
Robert Leroy Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, possibly on May 8, 1911, [4] to Julia Major Dodds (born October 1874) and Noah Johnson (born December 1884). Julia was married to Charles Dodds (born February 1865), a relatively prosperous landowner and furniture maker, with whom she had ten children.
Robert Samuel Johnson (February 21, 1920 – December 27, 1998) was a fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. He is credited with scoring 27 victories during the conflict flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt .
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As the documentary shows, Johnson's home is a private, shrubbed-in concrete mansion on an unassuming Los Angeles street. ... In many ways, he echoes Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s call to "make America ...
In the controversial documentary "Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever," Bryan Johnson shares his “anti-aging protocol," on which he has spent millions of dollars
Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads is a British documentary film, released in 1991, and made by music critic and author Robert Palmer and documentary film maker Robert Mugge, in collaboration with David A. Stewart and his brother John J. Stewart.