{"id":477,"date":"2015-08-07T00:33:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T00:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/?p=477"},"modified":"2017-02-09T16:03:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:03:42","slug":"love-in-vain-matthew-becker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.matthewbeckerportsmouthnh.com\/?p=477","title":{"rendered":"Love in Vain &#8211; Matthew Becker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I must say, this is one of my favorite Robert Johnson songs. \u00a0It always has been. \u00a0Robert wrote &#8220;Love in Vain&#8221; in 1937. \u00a0He wrote if for Willie Mae Powell, who is mentioned in the song. \u00a0John Hammond, Jr. (the son of John Hammond, who discovered Bob Dylan) made a documentary on Robert Johnson, called, &#8220;The Search for Robert Johnson&#8221; in 1991. \u00a0I would highly recommend this for any fan of the blues. \u00a0One of the best parts of the documentary was when Hammond interviewed Willie Mae (who was once Robert&#8217;s girlfriend) and played for her &#8220;Love in Vain&#8221;, where Robert calls out her name in the song. \u00a0She never knew about the recording. \u00a0She was visibly surprised and filled up with emotion as she remembered Robert in that time.<\/p>\n<p>Here are three recordings&#8230;. \u00a0The original 1937 version from Robert Johnson, a Rolling Stones version from 1995 and an Eric Clapton version from 2004. \u00a0My favorite version of &#8220;Love in Vain&#8221; was by the Rolling Stones on the &#8220;Let if Bleed&#8221; album in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Becker Portsmouth, NH<\/p>\n<p>Live from Matt&#8217;s House<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_14514\"  width=\"500\" height=\"281\"  data-origwidth=\"500\" data-origheight=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/07T3h0b93Rg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_75878\"  width=\"500\" height=\"281\"  data-origwidth=\"500\" data-origheight=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kAGnxH1dygU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; 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