A song most often associated with Son House, John The Revalator is in fact as old as the mississippi mud. Accounts of "field hands" (slaves) singing versions of this predate the civil war by 5o yrs. Blind Willie Johnson, unlike so many of the early blues great never left the sanctified music of the church. With his gruff world weary voice his gospel music was gritty, earthy & real.
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Live from Amsterdam in 1977, here's Van Morrison, Dr. John and Mick Ronson (of Ziggy Stardust fame) doing "Nobody's Fault But Mine", made famous by Led Zeppelin and based off an old Blind Willie Johnson song....Zeppelin live at Knebworth, 1979and now in the traditional form performed by Pop Staples...
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Maybe you heard about the Golden Record that NASA included on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977. Looking over the digital collection of new MOGger Branford Marsalis, I saw Blind Willie Johnson and remembered his song Dark Was the Night is included on the Golden Record. Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode is there too, along with some Bach, Beethoven, Louis Armstrong, and music from a couple dozen countr...
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http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/OrbitDiagrams.htmlSolar Synchronizations and Interplanetary Vagabonds. I think this song is about the perfect speed for my Cosmos. It's a fine human example to be chosen for the gold record placed on the "Voyager spacecraft":http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html(should 'they' be so cool as to spin it).Just to wonder what it 'sounds' like way ...
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Blind Willie Johnson - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning Dark Was the Night click image for info @Amazon.com Blind Willie Johnson @SqueezeMyLemon Blind Willie Johnson @Amazon.com
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A cold, rainy morning. I've been sick for two weeks. Walking through the drizzle to get to work. Feeling down, wondering how much worse things can get. Then the iPod shuffles to Blind Willie Johnson. Dark Was the Night. And things start to seem OK. Just one of those little transcendent moments that music makes possible.
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