Blues at the Crossroads -The Robert Johnson Centennial Concert February 16, 2011

Welcome to the blues. With David “Honeyboy” Edwards on board, Blues at the Crossroads connects straight back to the Robert Johnson legend – Edwards was playing with him the night he died. The evening picks up the thread of Johnson’s Mississippi legacy at the junction of US Highways 61 & 49 – the very crossroads where, as folklore would have it, Robert Johnson’s burning desire pushed him to make his deal with the devil, giving up his soul to write the most haunting blues the world had ever heard. Featuring Big Head Todd & The Monsters, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, William Elliott Whitmore, and Cedric Burnside & Lightin’ Malcolm. For more information, please visit www.carolinaperformingarts.org or call 919-843-3333.

“We all owed our existence [to Robert Johnson] in some way.”
- Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin

Official Website: http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/event.aspx?id=3fdc2c00-bc8e-4bb9-a4c3-66c1bfb6e60f&pcode=945