Name: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground
Brand: Blind Willie Johnson

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

NR12

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-11

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

F Minor

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

3760344440401

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Blind Willie Johnson

Genre GB

Blues / Gospel

Label GB

Night Records

More than anyone, Blind Willie Johnson embodies the archetype of the cursed bluesman. Despite the fact that his records have sold fairly well at his time, or that one of his ballads (<i>Dark Was The Night, Cold as the Ground </i>- that also gives the name to this compilation) was included on the Voyager disc launched into space in 1977, the American singer/preacher has lived his whole life in total misery. However, his powerful voice fascinates. His guitar style, a mixture of picking and slide, will influence several generations of musicians. And like many of his contemporaries, it was not until the 1960s that his talent would finally be recognized at its fair value (via the work of the brilliant Reverend Gary Davis).

Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

Music GB