I was checking out the very excellent thread on our forums called What are you listening to today? and I saw Lucky Al’s briefest of posts extolling Blind Willie Johnson…
So I went off to have a look-see, an’ heresa whut ah found fo’ y’all…
Dark was the night, cold was the ground…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNj2BXW852g[/youtube]
Trouble soon be over. This looks like a recreation, but I reckon it’s the man’s voice and playing for sure.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R8RuOagzck[/youtube]
Never heard of Keni Lee Burgess before, but man can he play slide! Smooth as silk and a great voice too on his rendition of Blind Willie Johnson’s Nobody’s fault but mine.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9M37qeA_oM[/youtube]