The Search For Robert Johnson [DVD]

A film featuring extensive remastered original Robert Johnson recordings, as well as specially filmed performance footage from Johnny Shines, David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards and John Hammond Jr.

•2006 marks the 70th anniversary of Robert Johnson’s first recordings. His songs have been covered by major artists, including Eric Clapton, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, The White Stripes and many others. •For decades little was known about bluesman Robert Johnson. Legend was rife with supernatural accounts of his life and his pact with the devil, and conflicting versions of his death. Drawing upon the research of blues scholars Mack McCormack and Gayle Dean Wardlow, this film uncovers the truth about this man whose life was shrouded in mystery.

A film featuring extensively remastered original Robert Johnson recordings as well as specially filmed performance footage from Johnny Shines, David 'Honeyboy' Edwards and John Hammond Jr. 2006 marked the 70th anniversary of Johnson's first recordings. His songs have been covered by major artists including Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Bob Dylan, White Stripes amongst others. For decades little was known about Johnson, legend was rife with accounts of his life and pact with the devil and conflicting stories about his death. Drawing on the research of blues scholars Mack McCormack and Gayle Dean Wardlow this film uses documentary footage, interviews and music to uncover the truth about a man whose life was shrouded in mystery. Narrated by John Hammond Jnr it features interviews with Johnson's wife Willie Mae Powell, Eric Clapton, Johnny Shines and many more.

•Documentary footage, interviews, and music tell the story of Johnson who, according to folklore, sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads. Fellow bluesmen Johnny Shines, David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards and Eric Clapton give interviews, as does Johnson’s girlfriend Willie Mae Powell - the inspiration behind ‘Love in Vain’. Narrator John Hammond Jr. heads up the search for this truth behind the elusive spirit - crisscrossing the Delta, speaking to the man claiming to be Johnson's long-lost son, visiting the sites of Johnson’s only two recording sessions, and finally investigating the circumstances of Johnson's grisly murder in 1938. •"The most important blues musician who ever lived ... His music remains the most powerful cry that I think you can find in the human voice … I think he’s the greatest folk blues guitar player that ever lived - the greatest singer, the greatest writer" – Eric Clapton •In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine listed Robert Johnson at number 5 in their list of the 100 greatest guitar players of all time.