Me and the Devil Blues

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Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Johnson
publication 1937
length 2:33
Genre (s) Delta blues
Author (s) Robert Johnson
Label Vocalion Records

Me and the Devil Blues is a piece of music by the American Delta Blues musician Robert Johnson , which he recorded in 1937 on Vocalion Records .

However, the blues song did not reach widespread popularity - like many of Johnson's pieces - until 1961 when it appeared on the album King of the Delta Blues Singers .

The song is about domestic violence and possibly also about a pact with the devil , when the devil appears at the beginning of the piece and the lyrical self tells him that it is obviously time to leave .

The song was covered by a large number of blues musicians, including Eric Clapton , the Cowboy Junkies and The Doors .

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