An enormously influential gospel bluesman, Blind Willie Johnson played slide guitar with a haunting intensity that rivals Robert Johnson. His brief recording career ended with the onset of the Depression, but he continued performing up until his death from pneumonia in 1945.

Listen to Blind Willie Johnson at Finetune.

• (1930)  Dark Was The Night (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation)
• (1928)  The Complete Blind Willie Johnson

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• Ledbetter on 2009-04-13 11:38:57.793:
  I read album notes on Johnson, others have described his singing and slide work as a transcendental experience. He voice goes from a growl to a high pitched yelp in one verse. He played the guitar with a pocket knife. If you read a little about his life, you will understand where he is coming from. He was blinded by his step-mother throwing lye in his face. His house burnt on the 1940's and he died of pneumonia when the segregated hospital denied him entry.