#15 'Hellhound on My Trail' by Robert Johnson (1937)

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"It's very... bluesy, but it's mainly vocals and raw gritty ones at that. I appreciate that his style won him a lot of fans but I'm not one of them." - LC
 
Written by: Robert Johnson
Producer: Don Law
Label: Vocalion

FACTS

  •  Robert Johnson recorded this song in his secoond and last recording session on Sunday 20th June 1937. He died on 16th August, 1938 at the age of 27!
  • He is considered the very first member of the 27 Club - the collective name given to a group of influential musicians whom all died at the tender age of 27.
  •  Rolling Stone magazine considers this version of the song "essential listening".

Recommended songs by this artist...

#14 Cross Road Blues (1936)

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