The mythic Delta blues pioneer whose 29 recordings made between 1936 and 1937 in San Antonio and Dallas established the entire vocabulary of modern electric blues and rock guitar β despite never having performed with amplification. His intricate fingerpicking style on Cross Road Blues, Hellhound on My Trail, and Love in Vain demonstrated a virtuosity that contemporaries believed supernatural, giving rise to the legend he sold his soul at a crossroads. Clapton, Page, and Richards all cite Johnson as their primary inspiration, and Rolling Stone ranked him fifth in their 100 Greatest Guitarists list.

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