It's a comprehensive and worthy showcase for a distinctive and unique artist.

Blind Willie Johnson was a singer, songwriter and guitarist who is widely recognised as having been the leading exponent of what was occasionally called 'holy blues' - blues music with religious subject matter that as result could also be termed gospel music, which as a result was highly distinctive and unusual. Born in Texas in 1897, he was blinded by his stepmother during a domestic confrontation when he was seven, and turned to music, performing around his native state from the 1920s through to near his death in 1945, but was active as a recording artist only between 1927 and 1930, recording four sessions in Dallas and one in Atlanta. This 30-track 2-CD collection comprises his complete recordings for Columbia across his career, on occasions accompanied on vocals by his first wife Willie B. Harris. Among the titles it features the highly-acclaimed and influential recordings 'Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground', 'Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed', 'It's Nobody's Fault But Mine', 'Mother's Children Have A Hard Time', and 'John the Revelator'. It's a comprehensive and worthy showcase for a distinctive and unique artist.

Track Listing

• I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
• Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
• It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
• Dark Was The Night
• If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
• Mother's Children Have A Hard Time
• Jesus Is Coming Soon
• I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
• Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
• Let Your Light Shine On Me
• God Don't Never Change
• Bye And Bye I'm Goin' To See The King
• You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond
• God Moves On The Water

• Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
• You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
• John The Revelator
• Trouble Will Soon Be Over
• The Rain Don't Fall On Me
• Praise God I'm Satisfied
• When The War Was On
• Can't Nobody Hide From God
• If It Had Not Been For Jesus
• Church, I'm Fully Saved Today
• The Soul Of A Man
• Go With Me To The Land
• Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right
• Sweeter As The Years Roll By
• Take Your Stand

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Blues

Run Time: 142 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 11/29/24

UPC: 824046353322