Discover the story of the song > Cross Road Blues – Robert Johnson

Cross Road Blues is a blues song written by Robert Johnson in 1936. It was popularized by its 1937 recording on the Vocalion label, and became a standard of the genre. The song is about a man who finds himself at the crossroads of two paths in his life, and hesitates about which direction to take.

The song has been recorded by many artists, including Eric Clapton, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan and John Mayer. It was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, and was named one of the 500 most important songs of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.