Blind Willie Johnson - Lord, I Just Cant Keep From Crying

Blind Willie Johnson masterpiece.
Absolutely one of my favourite Willie Johnson songs.
If you listen to the original is incredible!!
The singing is fantastic is full of soul
but great power and rhythm.
When he sings:but trust in god and pray
you can hear the movement in his voice
the great rhytmic quality is unreal!!
Also when he sings :when my heart is full of Sorrow, listen the way he sings
Sorrow, is something hard to define is
really a blues notes he hit there is
magic!!!
Then of course here there's the magic
of the woman beautiful singing that just
fit perfectly and contrast with his powerful voice.The tick tock rhythm on
the bass strings and magnificent slide work on the treble do the rest.
This my version just comes by itself.
I mean that for the first time I dont have listen note for note the song to arrange it.But having the melody in mind
after endless listening to the song ,that's what I've find to fit the vocals.
Open D tuning DADf#ad
played on a ladder braced Hauver Guitar

Category:

Music

Tags:

• blind
• willie
• johnson
• slide
• hauver
• guitar

[DannyMcCafferty]

Really really really nice flawless in fact...... any chance you could make a how to play video.....please!!!

[blueskyearth]

Hi Danny thanks for your comment !!!!

Well I got to think to make a video to explain it , others people ask for it!

All the best

[MonkeyHanger303]

Nice playing, what guitar you using there?

[blueskyearth]

Thanks for you your comment!

The guitar is a ladder braced ,Mike Hauver,

a Maryland luthier.

[CoffeeHouseBoys]

Great! I am happy when listening to your song. wow Blind willie!

[blueskyearth]

Thank you my friend ,I really appreciate your comment!!!

[sparkykeith68]

awesome dude very impressive im thinking of getting that charlie patton model you play so well any advise on long or short scale, thanks for sharing...

[ELVIS4221]

BLIND WILLIE REINCARNATED. ANOTHER VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY A VERY, VERY TALENTED AND EVOCATIVE ARTIST

[Audioproject2]

Great job on this piece, sounds very nice!

[tribeofcro]

Really outstanding version – thumbs up – any chance to get tabs? :-)

Kind Regards, Harry

[frwiss]

Great tune and beautiful version. Thx for this man.

[highwayman756]

Wow dude, that is amazing, you Nailed it man

[cskolnik1]

Nicely done. But time to come out of the water closet!

[papasilvertooth]

Beautiful. What else can I say?