Item #27267 Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson. Blues Biography, Bruce Conforth, Gayle Dean Wardlow.

Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson.

Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2019. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Robert Johnson’s recordings, made in 1936 and 1937, have profoundly influenced generations of singers, guitarists, and songwriters. Yet until now, his short life—he was murdered at the age of 27—has been poorly documented. This is the first book about Johnson that documents his lifelong relationship with family and friends in Memphis, details his trip to New York, uncovers where and when his wife Virginia died and the impact this had on him, fully portrays the other women Johnson was involved with and tells exactly how and why he died and who gave him the poison that killed him. Item #27267

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