This video is a re-enactment, but I really like it. I hope you enjoy it too, I think it is a great blues song for a Sunday morning.
Notes form YouTube: " God Don't Never Change "
Tuesday, 10 December 1929 NEW ORLEANS
Gospel Blues @ SqueezeMyLemon
An excellent introduction to his music
1. Mother's Children Have A Hard Time
2. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
3. It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
4. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
5. Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground
6. If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
7. Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King
8. Soul Of A Man
9. Lord I Can't Just Keep From Crying
10. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
11. You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond
12. John The Revelator
13. Praise God I'm Satisfied
14. God Moves On The Water
15. Trouble Will Soon Be Over
16. Church I'm Fully Saved Today
17. Go With Me To That Land
18. When The War Was On
19. Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
20. I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
"Blind" Willie Johnson was an American singer and guitarist whose music drew from both sacred and blues traditions. Among musicians, he is considered one of the greatest slide or bottleneck guitarists, as well as one of the most revered figures of depression-era gospel music.
Ry Cooder once said Dark Was The Night--Cold Was The Ground was the most soulful, transcendent piece of American music recorded in the 20th Century
In the liner notes of a 2002 record by Derek Bailey, Marc Ribot compared "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was the Ground" to the music of Django Reinhardt and the avant garde guitarist Bailey.
A very profound song - the first and last verses
Won't somebody tell me, answer if you can!
Want somebody tell me, what is the soul of a man
I'm going to ask the question, answer if you can
As far as I can understand, a man is more than his mind
When Christ stood in the temple, the people stood amazed
Was showing the doctors and the lawyers, how to raise a body from the grave
On this Sunday morning I hope all is well with you and yours. Today's gospel blues selection is a favorite of mine, "John the Revelator".
John The Revelator mp3s @Amazon.com
According to wikipedia;
"John the Revelator" is a traditional Gospel/blues call and response song.[1] In the chorus, John of Patmos, the traditional author of the Book of Revelation, is writing "the book of the seven seals." At the time of the song's composition (and in modern times), John of Patmos was generally considered the same person as John the Apostle and John the Evangelist.
This video is a re-enactment, but I really like it. I hope you enjoy it too, I think it is a great blues song for a Sunday morning.
Alberta Hunter - Nobody Knows you when you're down & Out
Blind Willie Johnson - Let your light shine on me
I did have a crush on Shirley MacLaine and this film
To illustrate the progression from gospel to blues to rock, please consider the following versions of Nobody's Fault But Mine.
To listen to these videos you will need to go a couple of post down and turn off or pause the play list.
People, it's Sunday and I sure do wish I knew who is that writing about the book of the seven seals?
Blind Willie Johnson, Son House and them people over there at Wikipedia say that it is John the Revelator.
This video is a re-enactment, but I really like it. I hope you enjoy it too, I think it is a great blues song for a Sunday morning.
