Crossroads ?

highway 51 and desolation row

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Hence The Monkees "Last Train to Clarksdale"
Page and Plant "Walking into Clarksdale"

Reckon The Monkees missed the last train?

It's Hwy 61, isn't it?

not hwy 61. it doesnt go into Mississippi.

Googled Clarksdale, Mississippi and looks like 61 goes right through that city. Are ya sure?

Geoo

Not that I believe everything written on the internet but I wanted to look up the myth about The Crossroads. I had only seen the movie Crossroads and that is my only reference point to the song. I found the following at http://www.stormloader.com/users/crossroads/
Undisputed facts about Johnson's life are few and far between. More often than not, his legend has obscured the few grains of truth which can be discerned. According to the myth, the young bluesman desperately longed for fame and fortune. Johnson was not satisified with his own musical abilities and felt that he needed more talent to achieve success. He was already bitter toward his creator, blaming God for the death of his beloved wife and unborn child. Despondent and irrational, he made a momentous decision. At the stroke of midnight, he walked down to the windswept crossroads at the junction of Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale, MS. Reciting an ancient incantation, he called upon Satan himself to rise from the fires of Hell. In exchange for Johnson's immortal soul, the devil tuned his guitar, thereby giving him the abilities which he so desired. From then on, the young bluesman played his instrument with an unearthly style, his fingers dancing over the strings. His voice moaned and wailed, expressing the deepest sorrows of a condemned sinner.

Talks about the intersection in the text. The website is a great read. Since, obviously, I am a newbie about the myth.. I dont know how accurate.. but interesting.

Geoo

ooops.

Highways 61 and 49 in Clarksdale eh.

So Purple & Musenfreund are both right.

Any chance of a map :lol: Is there a bus :lol:

I always assumed that the legend is why Dylan named his song and album "Highway 61 Revisited." Great lore.

If you watch "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" they pick Robert Johnson up at the crossroads, and he tells them about selling his soul to the devil. "Well, I wasn't usin' it". Pretty funny.

As an aside, I offered to sell my soul to the devil for guitar talent, and he said, "No way, I at least have to have something to start with." Rats. :lol:

lol Moai

There's a rural crossroads near there that's been claimed to be "the real crossroads," but since the story was made up and originally a joke, it really doesn't matter.

Best I can tell about the myth, any crossroads will work.

Well, if Dylan went to the Crossroads and sold his soul, I think he got ripped off.