Oh, baby, don't you want to go?

Oh, baby, don't you want to go

Back to the land of California

From a sweet home

Chicago Robert Jackson really used his ears and he listened to everything that was going on around him.

And he took in everything that was going to, all the popular musicians around him who took their styles

and he took him off of other instruments and arranged him for his instruments for it, you know.

He's the first person we have from the blues world who had heard all the blues records.

And as a result, he's the first person who doesn't just play a style from his place.

He's like already this compendium of the greatest blues styles of the 20s and early 30s, and he's putting it all together.

I woke up this morning.

Well, hey everyone, welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records.

And today is the second part of our two-part series featuring a discussion with Gail Dean Wardlow,

Delta Blues historian, journalist, and, of course, record collector.

On our previous episode, Mr. Wardlow told us stories about Charlie Patton,

Willie Brown, H.C. Spear, and of course, Hayes McMullen, a blues musician whose music has only

now been issued. And today, we're going to play a track of his on the show. And on this episode,

Gail Dean Wardlow will talk to us about Robert Johnson, the stories, the rediscovery, his grave site, his death certificate,

and the pieces of the puzzle that we have through Mr. Wardlow's research work.

And you could read heaps more in Gail Dean Wardlow's book, Chasing That Devil Music,

available at Amazon.com.

And of course, make sure to check out the album of original delta blues

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