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Guralnick, Peter,
Searching for Robert Johnson
(New York: Dutton) 1982

Jones, Kloc. ‘Fact-checking the Life and Death of Bluesman Robert Johnson'. November 2013

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http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2010/06/music-monday-blues-robert-johnson-honeyboy-edwards
>

LaVere, Stephen C., liner notes to Robert Johnson,
The Complete Recordings
(Columbia Records) 1990

Murray, Charles Shaar,
Blues on CD: The Essential Guide
(London: Kyle Cathie) 1993.

Palmer, Robert,
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History
(New York: Penguin) 1982

Rewald, Jason. ‘Ike Zimmerman – More Details Around the Legend'. November 2013.

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http://www.tdblues.com/2011/10/ike-zimmerman-more-details-around-the-legend/
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Rewald, Jason. ‘Facts around Johnson's Poisoning – Killers Revealed'. November 2013.

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http://www.tdblues.com/2009/07/facts-around-johnsons-poisoning-killers-revealed/
>

Wald, Elijah,
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
(New York: Harper Paperbacks) 2005.

Yronwode, Catherine. ‘The Crossroads in Hoodoo Magic and The Ritual of Selling Yourself to the Devil'. November 2013. <
www.luckymojo.com/crossroads.html
>

YouTube interview with Robert Lockwood, Jr. Accessed November 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0JMmr00G3Q

Robert Johnson Blues Foundation. November 2013.

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http:www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244
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27: Robert Johnson
is the last in the series of ebooks from Chris Salewicz.

The '27s' examine the fate of, and myth surrounding, seven iconic music legends: Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jim Morrison.

All were young stars with an abundance of artistic talent, an ability to capture the popular imagination, and an appetite for self-destruction.

All were dead at 27. Must the ferociously good die young?

***

27: Amy Winehouse
- ISBN 9781780875378

27: Kurt Cobain
- ISBN 9781780875385

27: Brian Jones
- ISBN 9781780875422

27: Jimi Hendrix
- ISBN 9781780875408

27: Janis Joplin
- ISBN 9781780875415

27: Jim Morrison
- ISBN 9781780875439

27: Robert Johnson
- ISBN 9781780875392

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[1]
Wald 117

[2]
Clapton,40

[3]
Dylan 285

[4]
Evans 22

[6]
Wald, p. 107

[7]
www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244

[8]
Stephen LaVere, liner notes to Robert Johnson,
The Complete Recordings

[9]
www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244

[10]
www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244

[11]
www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/node/244

[12]
Palmer 121

[13]
Palmer 121

[14]
YouTube interview with Robert Lockwood Jr.

[15]
YouTube interview with Robert Lockwood Jr.

[16]
Palmer 205

[17]
Palmer 179

[18]
Murray 32–33

[19]
Wald, 108

[20]
Murray 36

[21]
Wald 108

[22]
Wald 107

[23]
Cobb 289

[24]
Wald 109

[25]
ibid

[26]
Wald 108

[27]
ibid

[28]
LaVere, liner notes

[29]
LaVere, liner notes

[31]
LaVere, liner notes

[32]
He was not the only musician to change his name on account of Lonnie Johnson; after he had toured the UK in 1952, Tony Donegan, also on that tour, changed his name to Lonnie Donegan.

[33]
Wald 109

[34]
Wald 111

[35]
Wald, p. 112

[36]
ibid

[37]
ibid

[38]
Wald, p. 113

[39]
Wald 111

[40]
Wald, p. 114

[41]
Wald, p. 115

[42]
Guralnick 34

[43]
Murray 50

[44]
Guralnick 36

[45]
Guralnick p. 44

[46]
‘Hellhound on my Trail' was actually an adaptation of Skip James's 1931 song ‘Devil Got My Woman'.

[47]
Many accounts claim this final performance was at a place called Three Forks; however, Jason Rewald's account stems from scrupulous research, and he is adamant that this is where this performance took place. <
www.tdblues.com/2009/07/facts-around-johnsons-poisoning-killers-revealed/
>

[48]
http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2010/06/music-monday-blues-robert-johnson-honeyboy-edwards

[49]
ibid

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