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You don't know what could be in it." To which his friend said, "man, don't even knock a bottle of whiskey out of my hand." Receiving a second bottle, he took a swig and headed back in for another set. Rice slapped the bottle out of his friends hand, saying "Man, don't ever take a drink from an open bottle. The wife of another man, who just happened to be there that night. That's when Rice saw his buddy being handed a half-pint of whiskey a woman Robert had been seeing. Taking a break, two of the men, Rice and Robert headed outside to take in some air. Just outside of Greenwood, MS it was a wild Saturday night at the Three Forks juke and two bluesmen were keeping the crowd dancing and partying.
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The life of Robert Johnson has been shrowed in mystery for more than half a century, ever since his music came back on the scene at the beginning of the 1960s.