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| | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson | | | Music Artist : | | Blind Willie Johnson | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sony | | Release Date : | | 1993-04-27 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $15.93 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
2. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
3. Nobody's Fault But Mine
4. Mother's Children Have a Hard Time
5. Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
6. If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down
7. I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
8. Jesus Is Coming Soon
9. Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying
10. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
11. Let Your Light Shine on Me
12. God Don't Never Change
13. Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King
14. Sweeter as the Years Roll By
Disc 21. You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
2. When the War Was On
3. Praise God I'm Satisfied
4. Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There
5. Take Your Stand
6. God Moves on the Water
7. Can't Nobody Hide from God
8. If It Had Not Been for Jesus
9. Go with Me to That Land
10. Rain Don't Fall on Me
11. Trouble Will Soon Be Over
12. Soul of a Man
13. Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
14. Church, I'm Fully Saved Today
15. John the Revelator
16. You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
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 Spiritual Masterpiece
Submitted on: 2009-08-19 |
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| To hear hear these songs is to hear the voice of a Holy Ghost Minstrel of the Lord. Nothing and nobody comes close to the Spirit invoked Bottleneck picking and powerful singing of the Great Blind Willie Johnson. God bless his soul. |
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Outstanding, otherworldly gospel blues
Submitted on: 2009-05-13 |
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| All I can add to the superlatives already heaped on Blind Willie Johnson's music in this forum is "Amen!" If you've never heard his music before,though, prepare for an initial shock. This is very rough, raw sounding stuff compared to modern commercial music (and even compared to most popular music of the time). The closest performer to Blind Willie that you MIGHT have heard would be Reverend Gary Davis, although mostly in terms of vocal style. Their guitar styles are fairly distinct. One thing that sets Blind Willie apart from most blues/gospel performers of the period was his expert use of slide guitar as a "second voice" and he often used a guitar riff to finish a line of lyric. Another distinctive aspect of his performances was the absolute, rock-solid conviction with which the man sang his songs. This music isn't aimed at your head. It's aimed at your soul. His palette of vocal effects ranges from a clean falsetto to a harsh, rumbling voice that sounds like it's coming straight from hell. I have been listening to these songs for more than thirty years and I still hear nuances previously missed. Don't get this if you're looking for background music. This music demands your attention and conveys a fairly uncompromising gospel message. Truly an amazing performer. |
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The complete blind willie johnson album
Submitted on: 2009-01-06 |
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I very much like this collection. Blind Willie sings with courage & conviction, plus the knowledge that came from someone who lived a life the way he did. The album contains "chearful" songs about WWI, the Titanic, and the 1918 Flu Epidemic; major events in his time. Soul of a Man is my favorite.
A blind, black man living in the south at that time did not have an easy life. Included with the album is a narrative of the researcher who interviewed Willie Johnson's widow in the 1950's, which states that she had told the researcher that Mr. Johnson wasn't admitted to the hospital before he died of pnemonia in 1945 because he was "blind". I think she was being polite to the young, educated, man who was interviewing her -- most likely it's because he was "black". I like to think the world has changed for the better since then.
The recording technology was crude in the late 1920's and 1930 when these songs were recorded. The worst of the crackling from the records has been removed, but still retains the flavor of looking back in time. |
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Four and a Half Stars
Submitted on: 2008-09-30 |
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A passionate voice that sounds like sandpaper and glass combine with nimble slide guitar make Blind Willie Johnson one of the greatest of all bluesmen. The review below, if anything, is too meek--Blind Willie Johnson's music blows the pants off anything Robert Johnson ever did. The only reason I can think Robert gets so much attention is because Eric Clapton never listened to real blues.
The only negative I can think of is that he duets with a female singer on some of the tracks, and it detracts from the overall performance. The man was a phenomenal singer, why ruin it by throwing in another voice? |
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Just what I needed!
Submitted on: 2008-08-30 |
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| I really like listening to the old style rhythm and blues and this CD really delivers! |
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