"Blind" Willie Johnson (January 22, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American singer and guitarist, whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. Here is his song "Blind was the Night , Cold was the ground.
http://youtu.be/EWw2X_yVcf8
http://youtu.be/T5Gokk8LhVs
This is a manipulated version of the 1927 recording, and should not be passed off as the original. Accompanying images are "Lynching Postcards", popular in some circles during the era.
Started a new project "100 records that set the world on fire " according to the article of The Wire magazine in September 1998 , hope you want to have a look , really unusual music and all titles have someting in common , they have passed the public s attention due to differnt causes , but not due to missing quality.
