One of Robert Johnson’s masterpieces, and one of his most popular songs with other performers, “Cross Road Blues” is a staggering display of poetry with quite masterly guitar playing; indeed, it is the song that contributed to much of the myth of Robert Johnson. The song’s lyrics are amazing – it opens with the definitive “I went down to the crossroad, fell down on my knees/I went down to the crossroad, fell down on my knees/Asked the Lord above “Have mercy now save poor Bob if you please””, sung in a haunting, otherworldly voice that almost defies adequate description. The guitar playing too, is complex, yet delicate and immensely tuneful – indeed, it’s been compared to Bach, and you can understand the comparison. “Cross Road Blues” is one of Johnson’s finest songs, it’s lyric is myth-making, and the subject matter has influenced hundreds of blues songs since.