Was One Of America’s Most Famous Blues Legends Because Of A Demon Deal
Hellhound On My Tail and Crossroad Blues were great tunes but did they tell of Robert Johnson selling his soul.
5 min readMay 23, 2022
Many people have heard the story but not many people know the history. If you’ve heard the story of the “Faustian Pact” it refers to a 15th-century deal between a clergyman and the demon Mephistopheles. It’s debatable what happened but the Faustian Deal has become an ingredient in many literary, musical, artistic, and cinematic…