Robert Leroy Johnson was an American blues singer, songwriter and musician. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's poorly documented life and death have given rise to much legend. The one most closely associated with his life is that he sold his soul to the devil at a local crossroads to achieve musical success. He is now recognized as a master of the blues, particularly as a progenitor of the Delta blues style.
Crossroads is a 1986 American coming-of-age musical drama film inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson. Starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, the film was written by John Fusco and directed by Walter Hill and features an original score featuring Ry Cooder and Steve Vai on the soundtrack's guitar, and harmonica by Sonny Terry. Vai also appears in the film as the devil's guitar player in the climactic guitar duel.
Sleepy Creek is a 44.0-mile-long (70.8 km) tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. The stream rises in Frederick County, Virginia, and flows through Morgan County, West Virginia before joining the Potomac near the community of Sleepy Creek.
Crossroads, crossroad, cross road or similar may refer to:
"Cross Road Blues" is a blues song written and recorded by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936. Johnson performed it as a solo piece with his vocal and acoustic slide guitar in the Delta blues-style. The song has become part of the Robert Johnson mythology as referring to the place where he supposedly sold his soul to the Devil in exchange for his musical talents, although the lyrics do not contain any specific references.
Crossroads is a high-density township in Cape Town, South Africa.
Cottrell is an unincorporated crossroads community in north Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It was founded by Georgia Andrews, the wife of Charles Ida Andrews. Georgia and her mother Carrie Arabella (Townsley) Cottrell moved to Oregon from Milwaukee, Wisconsin after Georgia's father and Carrie's husband George Cottrell, was killed in a railroad accident. Georgia typically went by and wrote her name as 'Georgie'. There was a Cottrell post office from 1894 until 1904; it probably closed when Rural Free Delivery was extended to the area. There is also a Cottrell Road and a Cottrell school a mile east of the locale, and there was a Cottrell station on the defunct Mount Hood Electric Railway line about a mile to the north. The now-abandoned station was across the county line in Multnomah County. Georgia and her mother Carrie both died in Ashland, in 1953 and 1943 respectively.
Coverdale Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Coverdale Crossroads is located on Delaware Route 18 and Delaware Route 404 west of Georgetown and southeast of Bridgeville.
Pusey Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Pusey Crossroads is east of Laurel and west of Millsboro.
Hearns Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Hearns Crossroads is southeast of Laurel.
Reliance is an unincorporated community located on the border of the U.S. states of Maryland and Delaware. The Maryland side of the community has portions in Caroline County and Dorchester County, while the Delaware side is located within Sussex County. Reliance is along Delaware Route 20 and Maryland Route 392 at the junction with Maryland Route 577 west of Seaford. It was previously known as Johnson's Crossroads.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Pleasant Valley Crossroads is an unincorporated community located within Holmdel Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Route 34 and County Route 520 are major roads in this area.
Adams Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Adams Crossroads is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 404 and Adamsville Road northwest of Bridgeville.
Clarksons Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Clarksons Crossroads is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 18 and Deerfield Road/Bucks Branch Road southwest of Bridgeville.
Jefferson Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Jefferson Crossroads is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 30 and Jefferson Road/Sylvan Acres Road northwest of Milton.
Milford Crossroads is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Milford Crossroads is located along Delaware Route 72 at the intersection of Possum Park Road and Paper Mill Road northeast of Newark.
Crossroads is an unincorporated community located within Medford Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is centered at the intersection of Medford-Mt. Holly Road and Church Road.
Anderson Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Anderson Crossroads is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 30, Benson Road, and Neal Road southeast of Milford.
Crossroads is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Illinois, United States. The community is located along County Route 5 6.3 miles (10.1 km) southeast of Vienna.
