Blind Willie Johnson has been one of Texas pre-war singers and guitar players who has deeply gone inside the hearts of blues and gospel fans Between 1927 and 1930 Johnson recorded more than thirty songs for Columbia Records His compositions have inspired the music of artists like Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan or Eric Clapton Alligator records has now decided to pay homage to Blind Willie Johnson, publishing a collection of eleven songs performed by a bunch of various artists like Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Cowboy Junkies, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Sinead O’Connor, Luther Dickinson featuring The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Maria McKee and Rickie Lee Jones All them have done a magnificent work along an amazing selection of songs that capture the whole spirit, soul, beauty, intensity and, especially the mysterious message and the genuine performing of that great master named Willie Johnson, thanks to the professional and enthusiastic work of all the musician involved in this excellent project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Blind Willie Johnson has been one of Texas pre-war singers and guitar players who has deeply gone inside the hearts of blues and gospel fans Between 1927 and 1930 Johnson recorded more than thirty songs for Columbia Records His compositions have inspired the music of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n