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An in-depth, award-winning documentary on the life and music of legendary bluesman ROBERT JOHNSON, the man who influenced, among others, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones. With the use of rare photographs, exclusive interviews, and vivid re-creations of events in Johnson s life, award-winning filmmaker PETER MEYER presents a compelling portrait of this enigmatic figure, revealing the man behind the myth, who lived in the rural South of the 1920s and 30s. Johnson sang his own songs with unequaled intensity and style - songs about betrayed women, terror-filled nights and walking side by side with the devil. He recorded only 29 songs -- but they constitute the most astonishing, influential body of work any bluesman has ever committed to wax. This Robert Johnson Centennial Special Edition's Special Features contain over 36 minutes of never-before-seen interview outtakes with fellow blues legends Johnny Shines and Honeyboy Edwards, giving new insight into their lives and their relationship with Johnson.