Cover of LEAD PENCIL BLUES in 1936 - cut-boogie rhythm in I Believe I'll Dust My Broom, Sweet Home Chicago and Rambling On My Mind
Cover of MY BLACK MAMMA in 1936 - slide motiv in Walking Blues; Son House was Robert Johnson's big example, instrumentally and vocally, in spite of his religious background; Son House really considered the blues as being the Devil's music
Cover of RED RIVER BLUES in 1936 - as Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Cover of KOKOMO BLUES in 1937 - as Sweet Home Chicago; no more Kokomo as final destination and the Eleven Light City was changed in the land of California; but the biggest innovation is the boogie rhythm underneath; it's as if there's two guitar players involved while it's just Robert solo; how did he manage? Cause that's a real economic trick to master; learn to play that way means you can do with no partner
Cover of LIFE SAVER BLUES in 1937 - in both Malted Milk and Drunken Hearted Man
Cover of MILK COW BLUES in 1937 - as Milkcow's Calf Blues and Stones In My Passway
Cover of MEAN MISTREATER MAMA in 1937 - inspired his first single Kind Hearted Woman Blues, which was also indebted to Bumble Bee Slim's Cruel Hearted Woman Blues ('34), both lyrically and musically
Cover of DEVIL GOT MY WOMAN in 1937 - as Hellhound On My Trail, not to be confused with Funny Paper Smith's Hellhound On My Trail ('31)