“Hellhound On My Trail” by Robert Johnson ⚡️⚡️ I recently learned that Johnson wrote ”Hellhound” after hearing and taking inspiration from Skip James’ “Devil Got My Woman”. The story gave me chill bumps — the legacies of these two legends living on in the words & melodies of their songs. | Larkin Poe

138K views · 9.4K reactions | Blues fallin’ down like hail... ⚡️⚡️ Robert Johnson recorded “Hellhound On My Trail” during his last recording session in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday, June 20, 1937. History sings like a storm dancing through the branches of a tree — all you gotta do is listen  | Larkin Poe | Facebook

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Cercado por mitos, Robert Johnson inspirou gerações inteiras de guitarristas — de Eric Clapton, Keith Richards e Jimmy Page a Bob Dylan e Jack White. Em “Hellhound on My Trail” (1937), o bluesman transforma culpa, perseguição e medo em poesia. Muitos dizem que o “cão do inferno” seria o próprio diabo em seu encalço, parte da lenda de que Johnson teria “vendido a alma” em troca de talento. Ele também fala do “hot foot powder”, um feitiço do hoodoo afro-americano usado pra fazer alguém vagar sem d