Love in Vain Blues
First recording and first release by Robert Johnson (June 20, 1937 / February 1939)
- Written by
- Robert Johnson
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Melodically indebted to When the Sun Goes Down by Leroy Carr (1935).
"Love In Vain is no less a masterpiece because Johnson shaped it to match a recent hit. For a virtually unknown Delta guitarist to aspire to the level of sophistication of a defining urban blues star like Leroy Carr, was not a sign of weakness, but a daring leap of the imagination". (Elijah Wald) - Licensing
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