The Deal That Changed Everything.
He was a ghost before he died. A drifter with a guitar and a voice like smoke wrapped in sorrow. Legend says he sold his soul at the crossroads for talent — but the truth is, he earned that sound the hard way: pain, wandering, and a hunger to be heard.
Johnson laid the bedrock for nearly every American musician that followed. Clapton called him the greatest. The Stones worshipped him. But he never got to see what he started.
He didn’t need a band, a studio, or a spotlight. Just a slide, six strings, and something deep in his gut that couldn’t stay quiet.
Verdict: SphstRDnck Prime. First blood. First sound. First outlaw of the soul.