The Personal Letter to Me from Robert Johnson’s Grandson

Our original version of our song, Sold My Soul to the Devil by ‘The Grils’ (with music Stefan Pauleit, and with lyrics by me, Paul Robert Thomas) is a song about the legend of the late great Robert Johnson that received worldwide radio play.

Our song evoked a response from Robert Johnson’s grandson who wrote this letter to me after hearing Sold My Soul to the Devil on the radio – 

“I’m Steven Johnson, vice president of The Robert Johnson Blues Foundation and grandson of the late blues icon Robert Johnson. I also happen to be a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I’ve never believed my grandfather sold his soul to the devil because he (my grandfather) didn’t own his soul (God owned it). What I do believe is the hard work and much practice allowed my grandfather to learn his skills on the guitar. Just as Eric Clapton, B.B. King, The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, and many other great artists that attributes my grandfather music as being the springboard of their success had to practice and still practice some more; my granddad worked hard to obtain his skills.”

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A new version of the song called, I Sold My Soul To The Devil by us, ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s) with my original lyrics can be heard  HERE

The original track, Sold My Soul To The Devil can be heard HERE and the original video HERE

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Watch the video promo of our ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s) related song, Robert Johnson Crossroads Blues  HERE

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You can read about Paul HERE and also check out more of Paul’s work on this site HERE also on Facebook HERE

and also  ‘Les Paul’s’ (The Paul’s) on Facebook  

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