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Release Date:04/27/1993
Label:Sony
UPC:074645283524

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    Blues for God

    By happydog  May 19, 2001

    This is the real, raw stuff. The music is played with intensity and conviction. It is something of a cliche to say that someone "lived the blues," but Blind Willie Johnson did. His music is stark, intense and frightening, and his obvious commitment... to God is evident in every note. It's not the false commitment of the slick modern preacher; Blind Willie Johnson's belief in God was based on the fact that there was nothing else in his life that was more important than God, and that is why his gospel blues have a frightening directness that cuts through the antique recording technology to nail you right in the heart. This is a completely and utterly essential CD; anyone who loves music needs to have this CD. Read more Less

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  • All Music Guide

    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 emotional commitment from both men cannot be helped. This two-CD anthology collects everything known to exist, and that's a lot of stark, harrowing emotional commitment no matter how you slice it. Not for the faint of heart, but hey, the good stuff never is.

    - Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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Biography

Blind Willie Johnson

Seminal gospelblues artist Blind Willie Johnson is regarded as one of the greatest bottleneck slide guitarists. Yet the Texas streetcorner evangelist is known as much for the his powerful and fervent gruff voice as he is for his ability as a guitarist. He most often sang in a rough, bass voice (only occasionally delivering in his natural tenor) with a volume meant to be... Read more