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Blind Willie Johnson, Praise God I'm Satisfied.  Yazoo Records Inc, L - 1058

"Blind" Willie Johnson (January 22, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of all of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions. Among musicians, he is considered one of the greatest slide or bottleneck guitarists, as well as one of the most revered figures of depression-era gospel music. His music is distinguished by his powerful bass thumb-picking and gravelly false-bass voice, with occasional use of a tenor voice.

His father would often leave him on street corners to sing for money, where his powerful voice left an indelible impression on passers-by. Legend has it that he was arrested for nearly starting a riot at a New Orleans courthouse with a powerful rendition of "If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down", a song about Samson and Delilah. According to Samuel Charters, however, he was simply arrested while singing for tips in front of a Custom House, by a police officer who misconstrued the title lyric and mistook it for incitement.

Johnson made 30 commercial recording studio record sides in five separate sessions for Columbia Records from 1927–1930. On some of these recordings Johnson uses a fast rhythmic picking style, while on others he plays slide guitar. According to a reputed one-time acquaintance, Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959), Johnson played with a brass ring, although other sources cite him using a knife. However, in enlargement, the only known photograph of Johnson seems to show that there is an actual bottleneck on the little finger of his left hand. While his other fingers are apparently fretting the strings, his little finger is extended straight--which also suggests there is a slide on it as well.

SIDE 1:

• Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed (1927)
• Dark Was The Night-cold Was The Ground (1927)
• Praise God I'm Satisfied (1929)
• Bye And Bye I'm Goin To See The King (1929)
• You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (1930)
• When The War Was On (1929)
• God Moves On The Water (1929)

SIDE 2:

• I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole (1927)
• God Don't Ever Change (1929)
• The Rain Don't Fall On Me (1930)
• Nobody's Fault But Mine (1927)
• Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (1928)
• Jesus Is Coming Soon (1928)
• Mother's Children Have A Hard Time (1927)

Vinyl is NM-, with little to no surface wear.  Plays well.  Jacket has a little shelf wear with some color rubbing.

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