taken from The Journal

are you 27 yet?

What’s with legendary musicians and the age of 27? Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin (pict on the left), Robert Johnson and Kurt Cobain, yep, all dead at 27. Cobain’s mother said, after her son’s death in April 1994, that “he’s gone and joined that stupid club”.

I know what your thinking. It’s that “selling your soul to the devil” stuff again. The deal, according to legend is the Devil will make you famous but he will take it back, with your soul of course, when you reach your prime. That’s what happened, they say, to “The Club” members. A deal is a deal. But didn’t you notice that all of them have the letter “J” on their names? Except Kurt. Maybe Kurt wasn’t suppose to be a “member” but he wanted to gate-crash the club. Or as reports now surfaces, his beau Hole front girl Courtney Love had him killed because she wants him to join those dead musicians. Who knows?

John Lennon. Letter “J”, dead. But at the age of 40. I have my own theory n this. It’s either the Devil is afraid of John starting a revolution in Hell and so the Devil didn’t honor the deal or Mr. Lennon himself is the Devil himself! Gasp! Remember his song “Imagine” and his comment about the Beatles being more famous than Jesus? O di ba? Di ba?

But the fact remains : Clapton is God.

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how to sell your soul

According to the book “Searching For Robert Johnson” written by Peter Guralnick, the late bluesman Tommy Johnson gave this account on how to dance with the Devil.

“If you want to learn how to play anything you want… and learn how to make songs yourself, take your guitar to where a crossroad is. Be sure to get there a little ‘fore 12 that night… have your guitar and be playing a piece yourself.

A big black man will walk up there and take your guitar and tune it, and then he’ll play a piece and hand it back to you. That’s the way I learned to play anything I want…”

The Devil on a crossroad? Or would you rather practice like hell instead?