Description
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
Disc 1:- 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