The Blues Room #584
Wednesday 12 April 2017
9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0
LIVE stream: http://tunein.com/radio/The-Blues-Room-p446677/
One of the most underrated gospel-blues musicians is Blind Willie Johnson. People will let you know about Robert Johnson before they let you know about Blind Willie Johnson. Blind Willie Johnson was recording 10 years before RJ. That aside, you're not going to hear performances by BWJ here, you're going to hear outstanding versions by some of the most accomplished musicians on the circuit today. The songs are from the album, God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (Alligator Records). It earned Grammy Award nominations for Best Roots Gospel Album and Best American Roots Performance for Blind Boys of Alabama recording of Mother's Children Have a Hard Time. The compilation was produced by Jeffrey Gaskill of Burning Rose Productions and was funded via a Kickstarter project that featured cigar box guitars made of wood from Willie Johnson's 1920's/30's Marlin, TX home that he shared with wife Willie B Harris. Enough chit chat.
Turn this one up. Enjoy.
1 Tom Waits - The Soul of a Man
2 Lucinda Williams - It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine
3 Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
4 Cowboy Junkies - Jesus is Coming Soon
5 The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time
6 Sinéad O'Connor - Trouble Will Soon Be Over
7 Luther Dickinson featuring The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band - Bye and Bye I’m Going to See the King
8 Lucinda Williams - God Don't Never Change
9 Tom Waits - John The Revelator
10 Maria McKee - Let Your Light Shine on Me
11 Rickie Lee Jones - Dark Was the Night-Cold Was the Ground
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