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Great moments in the blues and their rock ‘n’ roll covers: Robert Johnson, “Cross Road Blues,” 1936

Robert Johnson (1911-1938) may be the most famous of the bluesmen of the first half of the 20th-century, and many of his songs have been recorded by rock musicians from the 1960s onwards.   Here's the original of the song Cream made famous for a new generation:

And the cover, by Cream, live in 1968:

 

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