It wasn’t THAT many years ago when The Crossroads was out in the middle of nowhere. I liked it better then.

@officialdirtmcgurt

2 жыл бұрын

The real Crossroads wasn’t in the Delta. He was in Copiah county (central MS) when he did the meeting at the crossroads with ol Nick.

@islemisawesome6145

5 ай бұрын

@@officialdirtmcgurtsource?

Everybody gangster till a dude be sitting on the side of the road with a guitar....

I think Robert Johnson died doing what he loved. He wasn't trying to live the richest lifestyle, he only wanted to be good at what he loved. Today, for a lot of musicians, it is about the money, and not for the love of the art. Some ppl can take a lesson from this story.

@lifestyle6993

3 жыл бұрын

Can anybody get me the address of this place?

@lifestyle6993

3 жыл бұрын

Real shit!

@sonsofliberty3081

2 жыл бұрын

@@lifestyle6993 I can, but I won't.

@sonsofliberty3081

2 жыл бұрын

No matter the reason, he's burning in hell right now because of it. Is eternity worth it?

@Wretched2JZ

2 жыл бұрын

Should look up GoodFight Ministries they have a good video on him as well as other musicians.

The crossroads is on Dockery Farms Road. Actually two dirt roads that intersect with the tree in the corner of one of the intersects.

people come down to "pay their respects" to the man by leaving their garbage lying all over the damn place. Come on people please HAVE some respect.

@dannycarter8327

5 жыл бұрын

He ain't no got damn legend he soul his soul to the devil that shit ain't cool so my he rest in shit on bloods

@charliebranson677

5 жыл бұрын

@@dannycarter8327 dude this are you a fucking Jesus freak or something he is a legend

@moviefan8199

5 жыл бұрын

@@charliebranson677 Hey man I believe in jesus christ and the word of god. I also love Robert Johnson's music. I would still pay respect to the dead.

@joshburk3843

5 жыл бұрын

You're a moron, show some respect dude...it was a myth man..they said that about guitarist back in those days...he simply took a year off and practiced his ass off..no soul selling happened

@greghaggard8891

4 жыл бұрын

@@joshburk3843 There is an interview, right here on youtube, with Honeyboy Edwards, who says that Robert Johnson told him he sold himself to the devil...Is it true, I don't know, but he wrote stuff about it, and it certainly adds to the legend...... a religious channel called Goodfight ministries has a part of the interview, as well as one with Son House talking about it.......... again, I'm not saying it happened......it would be pretty crappy to have worked as hard as he must have and then 'ole scratch' gets the credit.

Any videos of anyone going there with guitar at Midnight?

@greghaggard8891

4 жыл бұрын

I would think that if it were true someone would have tried and filmed it.

@michaelcruz4570

4 жыл бұрын

3 am

@deathcreeps6227

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelcruz4570 I think it would usually be 3 am yeah.

@lordfatcock

4 жыл бұрын

@@deathcreeps6227 story is a little before midnight. So you're not late.

@820Audi

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Vai and Ralph Macio should make a video about this place!!.... i wonder what happen to that willie guy!!

I've always wanted to visit the famous Crossroads. It's so cool to see you there and to discover that the location ofJohnson's grave is close by.

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

Tampa Jay yeah man I found it back in 2008 or 2009.. it took forever to find it back then!

@craiger0069

5 жыл бұрын

I'm good, messing with evil only gives you grief.

@dev5416

4 жыл бұрын

Us southerners know better than to tamper with things like that, whats understand doesnt need to be explained shouldnt entertain those things because the devil is real

He got three gravesites. I don’t know why but it says so on the web. They weren’t sure where his body really lays so therefore he got three graves. What a legend. R.I.P Robert.

@achaatipimbinhaxiti9361

5 жыл бұрын

The devil took him

@royalsdynasty8760

5 жыл бұрын

Thet do that with alot of famous people. Crazy people like to dig up graves just to say they have a famous persons bones.

@TylerBergeronMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Being buried three times is a freemasonic ritual representing a counterfeit resurrection

@neilparedes-chavez1688

Жыл бұрын

they need to build a swimming pool size- bbq fire pit with very hot live lava flowing, to remind everyone that his soul is now a property of the devil. he's down there suffering. May God, Holy Spirit, and Jesus have mercy on his soul, give him another chance.

@classicZEPP

Жыл бұрын

3 grave site? You mean he made 3 different horcruxes….

Man i love Robert Johnson. I am so glad that even in the beginning of 2024 he is well known. Even so many years later, he is immortal. The deal has been made.

My son and I just went to Clarksdale to the Crossroads and then down to Dockery Farms Plantation before journeying East over to Grenada and then back up North to my relatives home in Tippah County. I swear we say that same airplane in your video. It broke up the almost hypnotic monotony of the Delta highway we were on. I need to get down to Greenwood and visit that church.

I have been told on good accounts that the area depicted as the "crossroads" are incorrect but rather more of a memorial. Granted at that time, I am sure the whole town looked different

@rrguitar1

4 жыл бұрын

I think the actual crossroads where Robert went, were right down the road from Dockery farms. That seems the most probable being that it's close to where he lived and ran away from.

@sammyandoliver7522

2 жыл бұрын

@@rrguitar1 That's where I always read it was. I read the place where they have the memorial is not it.

You feel he could never have dreamed all this curiosity of his music and life

@worldofmicah

3 жыл бұрын

Probably not man what a crazy thing to have all this happen after you’re gone...

Very cool. Me being a big Blues fan I knew about Robert and his story. It was so cool to actually see it on video. Thanks for that Micah. I love your vids.

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

DizJake Buxton thank you for watching! I’m glad I could share it with you!

There's debate about whether the Crossroads was the Clarksdale site or another far less commercial area.

I'm not a Blues fan but this was a very interesting video. Thanks so much for sharing his story.

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

Photo Gear Fun thank you so much! I’m glad I made it interesting!

@lakebing2759

2 жыл бұрын

How are you not a blues fan

I’m watching the movie Phoenix with Ray lotta & Britney Murphy and I heard Robert Johnson song wow

I need to check out I'm not far from Clarksdale but I have been to Hopson Plantation and the crossroad where Muddy water Robert Johnson cross the road

He didnt make any deal. He was dedicated and learned like everyone else

@mikejohn0088

Жыл бұрын

oh...

Thankful for Mr. Johnson’s God given gift, and that he shared it with the world,

@Shadowgod-vq3wv

3 жыл бұрын

He got his gift from somewhere apart from heaven but he is still a absolute hell of a guitar player and an even better muisician

I never realised until now that Robert Johnson was one of the famous 27 club... Musicians that died aged 27.. Hendrix.. Joplin.. Jones.. Morrison Cobain etc... Maybe Johnson was the first of this club..

I loved the first part of your video. I found this spot many years ago; before there was a proper monument and the sign in the driveway. However, your latter video is incorrect. That is a tourist sign; where you are in Clarksdale. The REAL crossroads is situated in the middle of a field in Beulah Mississippi. Very hard to find; but we were directed there by s local.

I’m in Southaven Mississippi love this story

Many people will think that the devil isn't real and that this story isn't legit but it is legit and there is truly a God in this world repent now because jesus loves all of you.

that sign is not where the intersection of the two highways was when Robert was alive. The real site is about two miles away

Great tour! I live in Australia so i'll never get there in person myself! Thanks!

I wanna go there…. Thanks for sharing 👍🏽

Robert Johnson made a deal with the devil at the intersection of highways 49 and 61, not 161 and 49. Surprising that no one has noticed that before.

@MrCorioliseffect

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, i thought it was 61 and 49, myself.

Great video, Micah! My grandmother was born in Mattson, about 5½ miles south of Hopson Plantation which is south of Clarksdale (and the Crossroads?). Now I have that Eric Clapton song stuck in my head! That’s the one written by Robert Johnson? I bet the movie O Brother How Art Thou sparked much interest in the Robert Johnson story and Mississippi. I visited Mattson and Hopson in 2000, before the MS Blues Trail existed I think. O Brother came out around then too.

Good stuff! Thanks for that bit of history.

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

brianne mills thanks! I’m trying to spice it up a bit when I can!

He started the 27 club I see

@greghaggard8891

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, there's a video about that very thing here on youtube, give it a watch.

@Jarl3169

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes he did

@fleurrebelle7043

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jarl3169 nope

I was there too, but according to locals I talked too it was old highway 49.....Which is outside of town in an empty field, more in line with the movie

The guitar Robert Johnson is holding in the pic was purchased in Caruthersville, MO. There are but only a few pics of Robert Johnson that I know of. One he is holding the guitar wearing a white shirt. That pic was taken in Steele, MO.

According to Dave honeyboy Edwards, Robert Johnson actually died in one of the rooms on the star of the west plantation & his body brought here for buriel & that is not the robert johnson crossroads, the ones that Robert Johnson was said to have used are in Dockery, Mississippi.

Very interesting video. I would love to visit this place someday. Smokey Binion, Jr.

Good video. A great shame that people going to "pay their respects" also have to litter the site with their beer cans afterwards. If this continues the church would be quite within their rights to stop people visiting in the future - which would spoil it for the rest of us.

@thestickupkhid_

3 жыл бұрын

Bro Whiskey Was Robert’s Favorite. Stop Being So Fucking Sensitive.

@rikkilethal

2 жыл бұрын

For the rest of us? Who are you speaking for… Nothing spoils anything for the rest of us we all control our own destiny’s just like this man did

@dollhouseq1530

2 жыл бұрын

@@thestickupkhid_ There are offerings at his gravesite of whiskey and things Robert enjoyed. That's not the issue. A few feet from his grave there are beer cans and old McDonald's cups which is the litter everyone is referring to. It's disrespectful

Visited here in 21 played my guitar, no devil showed, no fame or fortune. Think this not the real spot. But had a blast all the same.

Bruh! We've got the same name! And we're both Robert Johnson fans! Thanks for posting this, other Micah dude!

That's so cool. I wanted to do that.

Like rip Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison and Robert Johnson and I'm fan of blue rock and hard rock and metal into Tony iommi my favorite guitarists .

Sad he sold his soul. Hopefully in the end he trusted in the Lord Jesus. If not....well...he still ain't happy and wont ever be.

It was actually Tommy Johnson who met the devil, he was at the crossroads in the middle of the night and a big black guy appears and asks to see his guitar, tunes it and hands it back. Tommy was a troubled man who lived to tell the tale. Robert was a young fella with his whole life ahead of him when he got killed.

The crossroads are IN CLARKSDALE Mississippi

I am going there.

You must have sold your soul to be a great vlogger.

@lifestyle6993

3 жыл бұрын

Can anybody get me the address of this place?

I never find reference to the fact that it was stated that he was poisoned by the bar owner who's wife Robert was involved with. He never took an open bottle of whisky from anyone but that night he did, I got that from a documentary about him with his sister in it. It's such a shame because he really was such an amazing talent, devil or no devil.. I think he just saw music differently than others. They say he played his guitar like he would the piano... Not sure, just things you read along the way. I would love to visit his grave and give honor to him for being the OG of the blues and rock and roll that followed. RIP Robert Johnson, you were and are blessed.

November 2012 & I finally get to the Deep South & see Robert Johnson’s last resting place... moving along to the crossroads & I’m thinking, ok where’s the ‘guitars sign’ then? Asking a local trader, he tells me “it’s down for maintenance work”. Coming from North London for a Blues Trail trip of a lifetime, I could only think ‘I was in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time!’

@joenobody5631

2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done.

has anybody ever notice the face beside Robert at 0:55 ????

@alijafri2730

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah are you thinking what i'm thinking😯😯😯

@anthonyherrera8610

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! I noticed it on another darker image of the same photo on the web. This one looks more alien like, but the one on the web, which is more like the original would be, darker and not so clear, is freaken scary. I $&#% u not it's as if the devil himself was ready for the camera. That Picture to me, is proof, as to him selling his soul. Especially since it's the only other photo ever taken of him. There's only two actual photos of him in existence.

@Jarl3169

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyherrera8610 what!!? I don't see the face please help me!!!!!!!😁

Cool video man.. blues trail is on my to do soon trips.

The BBQ at that place where you parked at the crossroads is some of the best I ever had. Check it out.

Nice Marker

Cool video👍

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

Old blue wind thank you!

Did Robert Johnson actually sell his soul to play his music??? Well only Robert and the Devil, well and God. As for the rest of us. We'll never know for sure!!! No one is actually 100% sure where the crossroads are, or where Robert is actually buried. Plaques and tombstones tell the legend but no one is actually sure. Personally when he disappeared I think he practiced and got good at his trade. I don't think he would have needed to sell his soul. Lyrics are lyrics and legends sell music. Although, being that I wasn't there either he could have and being that the greatest feat the devil ever pulled off was convincing the world he doesn't exist. And as for the crossroads, the devil will find you for a proposition. So any one who may have run across the devil, they may not have needed a crossroad. The crossroads are symbolic in following God or Following the other!!!

I was there in March 2019. It was pouring rain. We had to stand in puddles in the cemetery

How does any one know where the true cross road is.

@Imdanku

4 жыл бұрын

Jessie Blanton that’s not the actual one that Robert did it that’s the one his older brother tommy Johnson sold his soul at the one Robert did it at was very close by and is still a dirt crossroad and is about a quarter mile away from the memorial

@thenatureboybh9148

4 жыл бұрын

Son House ran Robert Johnson off from Dockery Farms. There's a dirt cross roads near there that many locals believe are the actual cross roads. It's just outside Dockery Farms. I'm born and raised in Mississippi with family stretched from one end to the other. Spent a lifetime in the Delta every summer as a kid. It hasn't changed much in 2020 either. What's considered the real cross roads to Mississippi folks is still dirt roads actually. I just took my 12 year old daughter there a week ago. Gotta keep the history alive with the next generation. Glad to see more than is country folk looking to keep history alive.

@joenobody5631

2 жыл бұрын

Why does anyone actually believe a legend like this in the first place?

SUPERNATURAL talked about him

Iv seen some other videos about the crossroads. I tend to believe it was the dirt roads near the cemetery close to where he first tried to play.

@rrguitar1

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Down the road from dockery farms

Cool video

Intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 8 in Rosedale is the place

Elvis died 39 years later on the exact same day! btw you went to the tourist attraction Crossroads. That one didn't even exist in 1938 when Robert was alive. The real one is down the road and out in the middle of nowhere.

Highway 61 revisited

Im looking for the crosswords myself and can't find it

My family and I are doing a road trip in September (from the UK), I'm a bit of a blues fan and would love to visit these spots. Do you have exact location of the Zion Church/burial place (for Sat nav)? Also, many claim that the actual crossroads are somewhere else. I'm sure I have seen recent videos claiming to be the real crossroads, but they are on dusty roads, not an intersection. Can anyone shed any light on this for me please?

So this is absolutely the correct resting place for Robert?

@thenatureboybh9148

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think there been any DNA tests but I'm from Mississippi and anybody around here will tell you that's the spot. The crossroads is different than what they say it wasn't actuality at 61 & 49, but was actually just outside Dockery Farms, which was where Son House said he run him off from when he disappeared. When he was seen again only a few months later, he was the greatest guitar player anyone around has ever heard.

I'm puzzled about Robert's gift. If he was a lousy guitar player, and everyone wanted him to stop the racket, then how did he learn to play the guitar so well? I'd like to believe he ran into someone who taught him how to play better. Nah, it takes longer than six to eight months to play music you've never heard before, which was what Robert supposedly did. Didn't need practicing. Just picked up on the music by ear. We'll never know.

@bananaastorga4147

5 жыл бұрын

He said that the devil grabbed his guitar and tuned it for him and gave it back to him

@Taylor-dl2kr

4 жыл бұрын

I learned how to play guitar in 2 1/2 months. Hard work and dedication will do that. I absolutely believe in soul selling, illuminati, ect...but who knows the truth. Don't count him out

@Imdanku

4 жыл бұрын

Taylor you might have been able to learn a couple of songs in 2 1/2 months but this guy was playing songs that he had just heard like nothing, and if you did they had a way worse learning span back in the 30s it’s like comparing extra terrestrials tech to our modern day tech and I don’t believe people of color had a good education back then because of racism so if he was white I could understand but because of the place he came from and how bad he was it doesn’t add up without a pact with the devil

@chriskolb3105

4 жыл бұрын

He also played in a unique style that no one could figure out at the time. He would even turn his back while playing so people couldn’t see how it was done.

@Taelathegazadiva

3 жыл бұрын

Robert said the devil made a deal with him he went to the crossroads and got down in one knee and held his guitar up to the sky and he said the devil said “ once I give you back this gituar your soul is mine” and the devil tuned it and gave it back to him and he took his soul...

I wouldn't say the gravesite is "littered". People make the trip to pay respects to the man and music. The tributes they leave are done so in a respectful way. It's not people showing up, partying and leaving bottles and cans everywhere.

The original mr. Blues Man. Where is Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai?

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

Pokey Porter I was wondering the same thing

@eLSewhere50

5 жыл бұрын

Pokey Porter and Micah thx for this reference. I didn’t know about this movie before!

@waynekruzin1176

5 жыл бұрын

You mean Jack Butler

@susanreed666

4 жыл бұрын

And Ry Cooder

Yea, like "selling your soul to the devil" is so ridiculous! Bod Dillan said on TV he sold his soul, as did SO many musicians, movie stars, rappers & sports stars! They've come out a SAID that right on video!

I was there last week and I sure hope you had some BBQ at Abe's. The tamales were red hot.

Did Beelzebub make you any deals while you were there? And people could pay more respects by taking their trash with them. I get the things left on or near the headstone, but the crap by the log. Jeez.

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

Savage Mister hahah I know but I guess it adds character to the experience

$1.00? his ghost will haunt you for that donation.

I’m gonna go there with my violin at midnight

That was great!! Are there any hotels close by and is the church/grave site, close to the crossroads?? Thanks.

@worldofmicah

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes there’s plenty. I recommend the Shack Up Inn... one of the best spots in town

@rrguitar1

4 жыл бұрын

@@worldofmicah I'll look into it now. Thanks so much for replying!!

Robertjohnson king of the delta i play only his songs._.._legend

Sam Chatmon blue singer site in Hollandale MS

Thanks for another informative video, I had it confused with the "devil went down to Georgia" song. Are they related?

@worldofmicah

6 жыл бұрын

Probably inspired by this tale? You know you hear a lot about this subject in southern songs

You have to go to the main desert it's a landmark dedicated you need to go to the real spot

I did that same thing here recently... rode around the delta looking for that spot. I'm more inclined to think it was an intersection near Dockery Farms just east of Cleveland. Here's my video on it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aYOtldBpqMnbhqg.html

When he was alive they shunned him.Now that he's dead he's a hero. People are so"fickle".He needed love when he was alive.Maybe his talent would've taken a healthier direction.Too little, too late...Especially from the people of God.The devil doesn't play.Make deals,he'll make you pay...🤔

There are 3 grave sites. Is this the real one? I'll take your word for it. This sounds official.

@worldofmicah

3 жыл бұрын

From what I was told from a local this is the real spot

@losaikosavetheearth4215

3 жыл бұрын

@@worldofmicah This place looks and sounds right. Keep these coming.

Hate to bring race into this but we need more good respected people like u and family from a black man stay safe.

I doubt the crossroads is at 49 and 61. Go to Dockery Farms then straight across the highway down that road. I think it's called. Lusk Road. Down past the grave yard. It's down there.

@Imdanku

4 жыл бұрын

XxSoulFlyxX you know it the place they showed in this video is actually where his older brother tommy Johnson sold his soul

That’s the place where his older brother sold his soul tommy Johnson the place he did it is actually pretty close to there and it’s still a dirt cross road about a quarter mile out from the main road where u saw the cross road signs

@slimeydon

4 жыл бұрын

Im2dank4u 2003 Tommy Johnson was not related to him. Unlike Robert, he made no secret of the idea that he made a deal with Old Scratch.

@mattbrown671

2 жыл бұрын

Tommy was another Johnson from Crystal Springs, right down the road from where Robert was born in Hazlehurst. I know cause I'm related to both. Im from cs

Where can I find his grave may I have the location

@thenatureboybh9148

4 жыл бұрын

Money Rd in near greenwood Mississippi. Little zion missionary Baptist Church

In my mind I thought the crossroads of Highways 49 and 61 was some dirt roads in the middle of nowhere... well maybe it was back then ...

@Imdanku

4 жыл бұрын

MySecretMachine the place this guy visited was the place Roberts older brother sold his soul at tommy Johnson and the place Robert did it is still a dirt road close by about a quarter mile away from that memorial if your interested in making a deal

@dep1001

4 жыл бұрын

@@Imdanku I see! Thanks for the info :-)

@kdog9863

4 жыл бұрын

Im2dank4u 2003 Robert and tommy Johnson are unrelated

@rrguitar1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Imdanku Dowsn thea road from dockery farms right?

steve crandall is that you?

Can anybody get me the address of this place?

That is the crossroads for tourist, not the real crossroads! The city put it there to drive tourist into the city instead of to an out of the way rural location.

I think the empty beer cans and McDonald's cups is very disrespectful to Mr Johnsons grave

Anyone that doesnt turn to Jesus Christ or wont turn to Christ has made their decision already for satan, whether you realize it or not. Turn to Jesus today, He will save you if you ask, believe, and repent. We are all lost sinners till we accept Jesus. Hell is a real place, and its not a party as some imagine. Every knee will bow to Christ, either in repentance to Him as Saviour and Lord or as a lost soul to be judged and doomed to hell, but you will bow. So bow now while you can, tomorrow may be to late. The road that leads to hell is wide, and many enter therein, but the road to heaven is narrow, and few therebe that find it. Jesus Christ is that narrow road. 🙏 ✝️ ❤

Lots of Urban Legend around Robert Johnson’s actual gravesite...there’s actually up to three sites that claim to be it.

Highways 161 and 49.

I don't think he's resting where he's at..

He went to Arkansas and learned under Ike Zimmerman.

The actual location is still up for debate.

Man didn't sell his soul he practiced for 3 year. He wrote Most of those songs because people condemned him for listening and playing "devil music". Its actually kinda sad.

Thats not the cross roads it wasn't even there in the 30s hwy 61 and 49 was built later after Robert passed

7/27 my birthday

That's not the actual spot

That isn't the actual crossroads.

August 16th is Elvis’ death too