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 ...

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 ...