BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON RARE1st BLUES 78 US COL.14276D F/P
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A GAP-FILLER COPY OF THIS FANTASTIC 1927 ORIGINAL BLUES CLASSIC FROM BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON - HIS FIRST!!
"Blind Willie" Johnson, (ca. 1902-ca. 1950) was a Texas blues man and virtuoso of the "bottleneck" or slide guitar. He was born in Marlin, Texas, about 1902, and blinded at age seven. He taught himself to play the guitar and accompanied himself as he performed at Baptist Association meetings and churches around Hearne, Texas. At age twenty-five he married a young singer named Angelina, sister of blues guitarist L. C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson (1915-76). Angelina accompanied Johnson on some of his recordings for Columbia Records between 1927 and 1930.
Blind Willie made his professional debut as a Gospel artist; he was known to his followers as a performer "capable of making religious songs sound like the blues" and of endowing his secular songs with "religious feeling." Johnson's unique voice and his original compositions influenced musicians throughout the South, especially Texas bluesmen. He sang in a "rasping false bass," and played bottleneck guitar with "uncanny left-handed strength, accuracy and agility." So forceful was his voice that legend has it he was once arrested for inciting a riot simply by standing in front of the New Orleans Customs House singing "If I Had My Way I'd Tear This Building Down," a chant-and-response number that stimulated great audience enthusiasm.
Johnson's celebrity career ended with the Great Depression, after which he continued to perform as a street singer but did no further recording. He died in Beaumont around 1950.
THE A SIDE IS IN FAIR TO POOR CONDITION - THE MUSIC IS REASONABLY STRONG AND CLEARLY AUDIBLE BUT THERE IS NOISE FROM SCUFFS AND SCRATCHES. THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT RIM SCUFF HARDLY GOING INTO THE RUN IN AREA AND NOT AFFECTING PLAY AT ALL!
THE B SIDE IS IN FAIR TO POOR CONDITION - THE MUSIC IS PRETTY STRONG AND CLEARLY AUDIBLE BUT THERE IS SOME NOISE FROM SCUFFS AND SCRATCHES
AGAIN - DESPITE THE BATTERED CONDITION OF THIS COPY - I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IT MAKES MY SPINE TINGLE WHEN I PLAY IT - FANTASTIC STUFF!!!
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DON'T MISS IT - BID NOW !!!
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