There seems to be only two images of Robert Johnson online--the one I used as a reference for my previous drawing and the one I used as a reference for this drawing. So iconographic, yet so elusive.
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about Robert Johnson:
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 - August 16, 1938) is among the most famous Delta Blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936-37 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and violent death at age 27 have given rise to much legend.
I certainly remember this piece of folklore:
Johnson began traveling up and down the Delta, traveling by bus, hopping trains, and sometimes hitchhiking. According to Blues folklore, Robert Johnson was a young black man living on a plantation in rural Mississippi. Branded with a burning desire to become a great blues musician, he was instructed to take his guitar to a crossroad near Dockery's plantation at midnight. There he was met by a large black man (the Devil) who took the guitar from Johnson, tuned it, and handed it back to him.
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