Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the artistry of the guitar. He had a consistent fear of Satan coming to claim his eternal soul. fyi, Hot foot powder is some magical thing associated with Hoodoo. I'm not sure what tho exactly.
"The malevolent use of Hot Foot Powder in the South during the 1930s is attested to by no less an authority than the Mississippi Delta blues singer Robert Johnson. In his haunting anthem, "Hellhound on My Trail," Johnson attributes his doomed and restless life to the fact that a woman has barred him from her family home by sprinkling Hot Foot Powder around the door. Whether or not this was literally the case, it is a fact that Johnson never settled long in one locale."
~ catherine yronwode at http://www.luckymojo.com/hotfoot.html
"The malevolent use of Hot Foot Powder in the South during the 1930s is attested to by no less an authority than the Mississippi Delta blues singer Robert Johnson. In his haunting anthem, "Hellhound on My Trail," Johnson attributes his doomed and restless life to the fact that a woman has barred him from her family home by sprinkling Hot Foot Powder around the door. Whether or not this was literally the case, it is a fact that Johnson never settled long in one locale."
~ catherine yronwode at http://www.luckymojo.com/hotfoot.html
Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the artistry of the guitar. He had a consistent fear of Satan coming to claim his eternal soul. fyi, Hot foot powder is some magical thing associated with Hoodoo. I'm not sure what tho exactly.
"The malevolent use of Hot Foot Powder in the South during the 1930s is attested to by no less an authority than the Mississippi Delta blues singer Robert Johnson. In his haunting anthem, "Hellhound on My Trail," Johnson attributes his doomed and restless life to the fact that a woman has barred him from her family home by sprinkling Hot Foot Powder around the door. Whether or not this was literally the case, it is a fact that Johnson never settled long in one locale." ~ catherine yronwode at http://www.luckymojo.com/hotfoot.html
"The malevolent use of Hot Foot Powder in the South during the 1930s is attested to by no less an authority than the Mississippi Delta blues singer Robert Johnson. In his haunting anthem, "Hellhound on My Trail," Johnson attributes his doomed and restless life to the fact that a woman has barred him from her family home by sprinkling Hot Foot Powder around the door. Whether or not this was literally the case, it is a fact that Johnson never settled long in one locale." ~ catherine yronwode at http://www.luckymojo.com/hotfoot.html