The Rough Guide To Blues Legends: Blind Willie Johnson [2CD Special Edition with bonus CD: The Rough Guide To Gospel Blu

Blues & Rock/Rythm & Blues
premiera polska: 2014-01-10
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: digipackowe etui
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Editor's info:
In early 1920s Texas, on the streets of Marlin, Blind Willie Johnson used to sit busking, his low moaning voice and gutsy guitar penetrating the daily humdrum of life. Although this same street-side musician went on to record thirty sides for Columbia, Johnson never thirsted to be a musician and was instead intent on preaching the gospel.

His deep-held dedication to his faith is heard in his compositional style and song choices, many of which were adapted from old hymns. ‘Let Your Light Shine On Me’ was a popular hymn published by the evangelist Homer Rodeheaver in the early 1920s and ‘Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground’ is a lyric taken direct from a hymn titled ‘Gethsemane’, written by English clergyman Thomas Haweis in 1792.

Another gospel inflected number, ‘If I Had My Way I’d Tear The Building Down’ references the biblical narrative of Samson and Delilah, drawing on themes of deceit and corruption. Legend has it that Johnson was nearly arrested for attempting to incite a riot by singing this song outside a New Orleans Custom House. To elicit such a strong reaction from the authorities, Johnson sure must have been playing up a storm and enticing the crowds.

World Music Network have painstakingly remastered the warped and hissing recordings that exist of Johnson, and on this Rough Guide his slide guitar technique sparkles and fizzes out across the texture like never before. As testament to his earth-shaking and historically significant style, Johnson’s recording of ‘Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground’ was included on the Voyager space probe, a rocket that was sent on a mission to seek out other life forms in the universe.

After you have devoured the main disc, enjoy the bonus disc and raise the roof with more of the best gospel from the likes of Reverend Gary Davis, Bukka White, Edward Clayborn, Jaybird Coleman and more. Like Blind Willie Johnson, these artists straddled the line between the Lord’s song and that of the old blues style.

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CD1:
01. God Move On The Water (3:02)
02. Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (3:22)
03. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:05)
04. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (3:12)
05. John The Revelator (3:18)
06. It's Nobody's Fault But Mine (3:11)
07. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (3:03)
08. Let Your Light Shine On Me (3:11)
09. Mother's Children Have A Hard Time (3:23)
10. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (3:12)
11. I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge (3:25)
12. Lord I Can't Just Keep From Crying (3:03)
13. God Don't Never Change (2:59)
14. Bye And Bye I'm Goin' To See The King (2:53)
15. Sweeter As The Years Roll By (2:48)
16. The Rain Don't Fall On Me (3:20)
17. When The War Was On (3:05)
18. The Soul Of A Man (3:15)
19. Can't Nobody Hide From God (3:23)
20. Trouble Will Soon Be Over (3:08)
21. If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down (3:10)
22. Jesus Is Coming Soon (3:11)

CD2 - Includes bonus CD: The Rough Guide To Gospel Blues Legends
01. Reverend Gary Davis: The Angels Message To Me (3:04)
02. Bukka White: I Am In The Heavenly Way (3:04)
03. Skip James: Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader (3:01)
04. Blind Roosevelt Graves And Brother: Woke Up This Morning With (My Mind On Jesus) (2:52)
05. Blind Willie & Kate McTell: God Don't Like It (2:45)
06. Mississippi John Hurt: Blessed Be The Name (2:48)
07. Blind Joe Taggart: God Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares (2:51)
08. Blind Lemon Jefferson: He Arose From The Dead (2:46)
09. Edward Clayborn: This Time Another Year You May Be Gone (2:53)
10. Bull City Red: I Saw The Light (3:05)
11. Charley Patton And Bertha Lee: Oh Death (2:52)
12. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed: Josh White (3:04)
13. Honey In The Rock: Blind Mamie Forehand (2:42)
14. Barbecue Bob: Jesus Blood Can Make Me Whole (3:03)
15. Blind Wilile Davis: I Believe I'll Go Back Home (3:05)
16. Mother McCollum: You Can't Hide (2:34)
17. Jaybird Coleman: I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan (3:05)
18. Blind Gussie Nesbit: Pure Religion (3:21)
19. Washington Philips: Denomination Blues (5:34)

total time - CD1 69:53, CD2 58:39
wydano: 2013-04-26
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