One of the most important recordings in music history happened in San Antonio’s Gunter Hotel, and now patrons can try to make the second most important recording at a newly opened studio on the same property.On November 23, 1936, Robert Johnson laid down the first of only two recordings he made in his life in Room 414 at the downtown hotel. Johnson's music became the keystone of blues and with it most modern pop music. including rock and roll. He was so talented on the guitar that popular legends hold he sold his soul to the devil;
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