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"Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" recorded on December 3, 1927 (seven days before my father was born, rip...) by "Blind" Willie Johnson, and it was recorded fifty years later on the "Voyager Golden Record" to represent human feelings of sadness and melancholy.
At 4 years old, Blind Willie Johnson lost his mother; at 5, he built a guitar from a cigar box; he became blind at 7 when his stepmother (after a quarrel with his father) threw sulfuric acid in his eyes.
Although most of his lyrics dealt with the theme of religion, Blind Willie Johnson drew not only from this but also from blues traditions; he is counted among the greatest interpreters of the "bottleneck" and gospel during the Great Depression.
He died on September 18, 1945, at only 48 years of age, after a fire destroyed his home, and he was forced to live on the streets near the ruins of his house, exposed to humidity, where he contracted malaria fever but was not admitted to any hospital, probably because he was "negro," his wife Angeline reported in an interview. On the death certificate, "syphilis and blindness" were listed as contributing factors to his death... and that's it.
Ry Cooder - Dark Was the Night
"Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" recorded on December 3, 1927 (seven days before my father was born, rip...) by "Blind" Willie Johnson, and it was recorded fifty years later on the "Voyager Golden Record" to represent human feelings of sadness and melancholy.
At 4 years old, Blind Willie Johnson lost his mother; at 5, he built a guitar from a cigar box; he became blind at 7 when his stepmother (after a quarrel with his father) threw sulfuric acid in his eyes.
Although most of his lyrics dealt with the theme of religion, Blind Willie Johnson drew not only from this but also from blues traditions; he is counted among the greatest interpreters of the "bottleneck" and gospel during the Great Depression.
He died on September 18, 1945, at only 48 years of age, after a fire destroyed his home, and he was forced to live on the streets near the ruins of his house, exposed to humidity, where he contracted malaria fever but was not admitted to any hospital, probably because he was "negro," his wife Angeline reported in an interview. On the death certificate, "syphilis and blindness" were listed as contributing factors to his death... and that's it.
Ry Cooder - Dark Was the Night
Stanlio
7 feb 19
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