Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night torrent

Artist: Blind Willie Johnson
Album: Dark Was the night
Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
Original Release Date: June 30, 1998
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sony

1. If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
2. Dark Was The Night
3. Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying
4. Church, I'm Fully Saved Today
5. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
6. Bye And Bye I'm Goin' To See The King
7. Let Your Light Shine On Me
8. John The Revelator
9. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
10. God Moves On The Water
11. Trouble Will Soon Be Over
12. Praise God I'm Satisfied
13. Mother's Children Have A Hard Time
14. It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
15. The Soul Of A Man
16. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning

Along with Robert Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, and others, Blind Willie Johnson was one of the founding fathers of the blues. This 16-song collection features some of his best, most classic work, a distillation of the 30 songs he recorded (all of which are available on Complete Recordings of Blind Willie Johnson). Unlike his peers, however, Johnson's focus was on spiritual music, which he performed in church and on street corners, his chilling, gravelly voice complemented by guitar work that is nothing short of exquisite. Many of the songs taken up and popularized by Johnson's contemporaries and successors were written by him, and they're all here: "John the Revelator," "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed," "If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down," "Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying," "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine," and of course "Dark Was the Night--Cold Was the Ground." Dark Was the Night is a worthy introduction to this seminal artist's work.