IKE ZIMMERMAN THE REAL DEVIL ROBERT JOHNSON MADE A DEAL WITH
First off a little background my friends on the legendary Blues man Robert Johnson………
It has always been said down through the years that Robert Johnson had made a deal with the Devil himself,or at least that was what folklore had recorded…..because of his incredible guitar playing style.
Folklore is the stuff legends are made of,however folklore is not always what really happened.
Almost anyone who follows music knows of which legend I am speaking of here,and I would expect all those who follow the blues would have to know it when it pertains to the legend Robert Johnson who sadly lived only 27 years on this earth..
Who was Ike Zimmerman…………………see the following two video as told by his daughter and his Grand son my friends………………………
The following video’s in this blog are for your consideration and proof positive that the Devil that Johnson made the deal with in fact did have a earthy name…and that name was Ike Zimmerman. Oh well so much for Folklore……………..:)
Pointing right at Zimmerman himself as the Devil incarnate……below my friends.
BE SURE TO TURN UP YOUR AUDIO ON THE FOLLOWING VIDEO OR ELSE YOU WILL NOT HEAR VERY MUCH FRIENDS,AND THEN BE SURE TO TURN IT DOWN AGAIN OR YOU’LL HEAR TOO MUCH….LOL
The following recording of Robert Johnson has been slowed down my friends and also suggests that the original recording was recorded by mistake at a higher speed…..
Frankly I would have to agree as the recording sounds much better at this lower speed…….:)
I find it all so incredibly unfortunate that Ike Zimmerman never achieved the
level of notoriety that he should have gained in being the Devil per-se
that the great Robert Johnson really made a deal with…..
If of course one could consider Ike Zimmerman a Devil at all for helping Robert Johnson play so incredibly at all…………………..
So little of Robert Johnson’s life was recorded that often times people actually struggle to find ways of proving his life it seems,as is noted in the following video …..???
Well we do know that he did indeed live here my friends,but sadly for so few and brief years…..
This blog is dedicated to the memory of perhaps the two greatest blues men who ever lived….
IKE ZIMMERMAN and ROBERT JOHNSON
Thank you
D.Lemur
Awesome D…love this…I myself have been listening to Taj Mahal this past few weeks. I may have IKE ZIMMERMAN and ROBERT JOHNSON on my Road Trippen Blues collection.
The blues sometimes make everything alright ❗
I went through my blues period… oh from 1978 when I used to catch Albert Collins in the clubs on Rush Street till oh, I don’t know, 2005 ish…
I seem to have been re-listening to 70s music that I got burned out on in the 80s.
And some folk singers that the pain of a lost love finally wore off so I could listen to music that was so intinsicly associated with that person.
Thank you for the presentation of great blues men. Maybe I will get bitten by the bug again.