My son took a Music Survey course his freshman year in high school to meet his Fine Arts Requirement. While it was mostly a fluff course he did actually learn quite a bit about various musicians from the early twentieth century.
For those who do not know Robert Johnson had an enormous impact on rock and roll. Listening to early Led Zeppelin the question could be asked why that level of plagarism was not talked about even more.
The Rolling Stones released Let It Bleed and on that great album released Love in Vain. This is a great song. In reading John J Sullivan's collection of essays I read one on collectors and searchers of early American soul music, from the first half of the last century. Love in Vain was a song Robert Johnson recorded but even he modified the words from an earlier verse.
Music is meant to be plagarized if not openly, at least in spirit. If you hear something and like it it will influence what and how you play.
Robert Johnson is believed to have died at 27. Truly he was the first member of the rock and roll 27 club. Anyone doing even a modest trace through the rock and roll record will know that his influence was larger than anyone has ever truly acknowledged.
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