'Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground' BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON (1927) Gospel Blues Guitar Legend

" Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground "
Saturday, 3 December 1927 DALLAS

The " RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945)
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Robert Johnson
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[Iucy]

wonderful

thank you for the upload :-)

[RagtimeDorianHenry]

you're welcome =)

[siddepoo]

Blind Willie Johnson wasnt blind his whole life but when his stepmother (bitch) threw lye on his face. He died of malarial fever after his house was burned down and had no place to live but in wet newspapers. But now his song is representing our human feeling of loneliness all the way outside our solar system to what ever being that picked it up and perceive it on Voyager I. - quote from vsauce

[acousticmaddie11]

Makes me shed a tear...

[dreyclove]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC!!!!!

[coltranesaxIV]

Never would a blind musician from 1927 ever think that a song as beautiful as this would be in space to represent the human race to extraterrestrials. What an honor on his part! I hope his vision has been given back up in heaven! He deserves to be able to look down and smile about this.

[yzetta]

I have a question: did any of these artists get paid anything at the time they made these recordings?

[yzetta]

Elemental.

The guitar sounds at the beginning almost like music from India.

[bamfwyatt69]

This is amazing this song is representing us to aliens because it is 10.2 billion miles away everytime i think of this i get chills amazing song too

[liveinkindnesslivewi]

we are so lucky to have recorded this. think of the balls it took to record this, knowing its nothing for the radio just an instrumental so raw and captivating

[cemifuckavril]

it represents exactly the feeling of a dark night and a wet, cold ground....its so perfect..rest in peace willie..

[Darkshadows90]

If you don't feel uplifted and sorrowful at the same time by this tune there be something wrong with you. I can picture a man sitting on his front porch playin a tune like this at the end of days.

[GoodbyeBieber2]

Listen to feeling bad blues by ry cooder, sounds a bit like this