As a soundtrack, to help us feel what we really should be feeling, I nominate Blind Willie Johnson’s 1927 rendition of “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground.” Johnson is playing his slide ...

This Saturday, Trinity House in Livonia hosts an epic tribute to Blind Willie Johnson, the great sanctified ... The 78 “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” appears on (backed with ...

Jesus is Coming Soon; Motherless Children Have a Hard Time; Trouble Will Soon Be Over; Bye and Bye I’m Going to See the King; God Don't Never Change; John The Revelator; Let Your Light Shine on Me; ...

You may not be familiar with Texas gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson, but you almost certainly ... “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground." "Dark Was the Night" was also included on the ...

Willie Johnson was just 7 years old when his enraged stepmother tossed a pan of lye in his face. It was on that day in 1904 that he became known as Blind Willie ... Was the Ground)" was selected ...

But there’s also an odd little tune on the disc, recorded in 1927 by a Texan preacher and street-corner blues singer, Blind Willie Johnson. “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground”, adapted ...