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Song of the Day: Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues March 13, 2007

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because if silence is golden,
then music must be made of diamonds.

° ° °

Beatrice got a phonograph
and it won’t play a lonesome word.

What evil have i done?
What evil has the poor girl heard?

Robert Leroy Johnson (1911-1938)

i want to wind your little phonograph
just to hear your little motor moan.

Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues [alternate take] (2.4MB mp3)

from the set The Complete Recordings

crank phonograph.
.
. The thing about Robert Johnson
. was that he only existed on his records.
. He was pure legend.
.
.

~ Martin Scorsese

official site | Wikipedia | The Robert Johnson Notebooks

Is it true that Robert Johnson’s records play way too fast?
Read Steady Rollin’ Man: a revolutionary critique of Robert Johnson.

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