Weird Folk presents

Robert Johnson & The Devil

A storytelling & music show, told in an informal style: a communal experience in the best fireside storytelling tradition, where the audience dance, sing and stamp their feet. The music is guitar-based, featuring the work of Robert Johnson, Fats Waller, and Trad songs, with a stomp box and additional choral vocals on a loop pedal.

Somewhere in Mississippi, 1938 a lost man stands at a fork in the road with a guitar in hand.  The road he’s on leads back to a life that has fallen apart.  The other leads to glory.  This is the story of an all-consuming dream, the cost of a human soul, and a deal with the Devil.

Robert Johnson and The Devil is a myth inspired by the original bluesman, with live delta blues and spirituals.  An icon for Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin, and the first member of the infamous 27 Club, Robert Johnson’s disappearance remains shrouded in mystery to this day.