Douglas Thrift's Blog: Traveling Riverside Blues

If you don't know who Robert Johnson is you should probably learn more about the history of the blues. He is the blues guitarist who if he didn't write them at least made the earliest recordings of 29 songs that have inspired many blues and rock and roll artists. I would've titled this entry "Cross Roads Blues", however, Eric didn't include a recording of the song on the album. Instead, I have titled it "Traveling Riverside Blues" because Eric borrows elements from it in all of his renditions of "Crossroads" that I've heard.

I'm going down to Rosedale,
Take my rider by my side.
I'm going down to Rosedale,
Take my rider by my side.
You can still barrelhouse, baby,
On the riverside.

"…you know what I'm talkin' 'bout."

Posted by Douglas Thrift at 4:34 PM

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