Aberjazz 2025
"The best version I’ve heard of this classic Robert Johnson song in decades was performed yesterday at Ffwrn in Fishguard – with a wild assuredness by veteran singer/acoustic guitarist Dave Speight, picking and sliding his way through the song with equal measures of love and authenticity."
It’s pretty much impossible to attend a blues jam session these days without someone getting up and playing Crossroads – usually attempting it à la Clapton, but, unlike Eric, turning it into something riff-heavy and lumpen.
The best version I’ve heard of this classic Robert Johnson song in decades was performed yesterday at Ffwrn in Fishguard – with a wild assuredness by veteran singer/acoustic guitarist Dave Speight, picking and sliding his way through the song with equal measures of love and authenticity.
He also played touching versions of the Lonnie Johnson hit Tomorrow Night and Sleepy John Estes’ Drop Down Mama – a true treat for fans of blues the way it used to be.