would trade a chance of eternal salvation for terrestrial pleasures. from the blues rock n roll also a heritage and a dog legend supplied by singer robert johnson. he was boasting that one night he had made a pact with the devil. to exchange for his soul he had supposedly received the power of putting audiences under the spell of his guitar. all that at that story of the crossroads in the devil that's when robert johnson turned from a lousy musician into a musical genius. the most famous pact with the devil is that of gurkhas faust you sell your soul in your life in exchange for a talent for coffee. robert johnson died from criminal poisoning in 1938 ms body was dumped in