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The Complete Blind Willie Johnson is a compilation album of all the known recordings by American gospel blues singer-guitarist Blind Willie Johnson. As part of the Roots N' Blues series, it was released jointly by Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, on April 27, 1993. All of the tracks on the two-compact disc set were originally issued by Columbia on the then-standard two-sided 78 rpm record format. Blind Willie Johnson January 25, 1897 September 18, 1945 was an American gospel blues singer, guitarist and evangelist. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930-thirty songs in total-display a combination of powerful chest voice singing, slide guitar skills, and originality that has influenced later generations of musicians. Even though Johnson's records sold well, as a street performer and preacher, he had little wealth in his lifetime. His life was poorly documented, but over. Blind Willie Johnson-Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying. Blind Willie Johnson - His Greatest Recordings, Blues2019. Blind Willie Johnson-Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right. Blind Willie Johnson-Can't Nobody Hide from God. Blind Willie Johnson-Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There. Blind Willie Johnson-I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole. Blind Willie Johnson - His Gr. Blind Willie Johnson: все альбомы, включая The Essential Blind Willie Johnson , Dark Was The Night Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation , The Very Best Of и другие. Формируйте собственную коллекцию записей Blind Willie Johnson. His Story - told, annotated and documented by Samuel B. Charters in Louisiana and Texas CD, Comp. Folkways Records & Service Corp. FA 3585, FG 3585. Blind Willie Johnson January 25, 1897 September 18, 1945 was a gospel blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. While the lyrics of his songs were usually religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions. According to his death certificate, Johnson was born in 1897 near Brenham, Texas. Earlier, Temple, Texas had been suggested as his birthplace. When he was five, he told his father he wanted to be a preacher and th read more. Blind Willie Johnson was born in Texas about 1902. At age 5, Johnson announced to his father that he was going to become a preacher and fashioned his first guitar out of a cigar box. Johnson was not born blind, and, although it is not specifically known how his condition came about, it is widely believed that his stepmother, in a fit of rage, blinded him when he was 7 years old by throwing lye in his face. Willie taught himself to play the guitar and accompanied himself using a pocketknife for a slide to mimic his voice. Johnson's father would take him into the town of Hearne. Play jigsaw puzzles for free Home. Blind Willie Johnson. His Greatest Recordings, 2019. If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Builing Down, 03:09. When the War Was On, 03:02. Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right, 03:05. You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond, 03:09. Praise God I'm Satisfied, 03:11. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole. If you've never heard Blind Willie Johnson, you are in for one of the great, bone-chilling treats in music. Johnson played slide guitar and sang in a rasping, false bass that could freeze the blood. But no bluesman was he this was gospel music of the highest order, full of emotion and heartfelt commitment. Of all the guitar-playing evangelists, Blind Willie Johnson may have been the very best. Though not related by bloodlines to Robert Johnson, comparisons in the emotional commitment of both men cannot be helped. This two-CD anthology collects everything known to exist, and that's a