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John the Revelator

Songwriters: House, Eddie Jr

Blue Monday
3 months ago

The gospel "call and response" song "John the Revelator" was first committed to 78rpm shellac by Blind Willie Johnson and his wife Willie B Harris in 1930, although it's likely to be much older than that in both melody and basic concept. It references the writing f the Book of seven Seals (i.e. Revelations) by John of Patmos, known in the King James Version as St John the Divine. It has been re...

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