http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4048&rws=%2Fblind-willie-johnson%2Ftop-tracks.rssMuch more than just a finalist in the "Greatest Musician Named 'Blind Willie'" sweepstakes, Johnson is a Gospel pioneer whose name is spoken in hushed tones by slide guitarists and early blues fans alike. Technically speaking he wasn't a blues man -- his lyrics spoke of salvation and the Bible, not booze and women, and his music avoided typical blues forms. Alternating between radiantly joyful major pentatonic melodies and equally haunting minor-key ones, he sang in a coarse, bass-dwelling croak that sometimes gave way to a more soothing mid-range tone. His performances sometimes featured a female vocalist, but were otherwise solo, and he backed himself with a mix of steady low-string fingerpicking and precise slide maneuvering. His recorded output clocks in at a mere ninety minutes or so, with all of it being waxed in the late 1920s, but what's there contains a sense of purity and humility capable of softening the most hardened cynic. - Will YorkAcoustic Bluesen720Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:42:30 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4048&rws=%2Fblind-willie-johnson%2Ftop-tracks.rss Much more than just a finalist in the "Greatest Musician Named 'Blind Willie'" sweepstakes, Johnson is a Gospel pioneer whose name is spoken in hushed tones by slide guitarists and early blues fans alike. Technically speaking he wasn't a blues man -- his lyrics spoke of salvation and the Bible, not booze and women, and his music avoided typical blues forms. Alternating between radiantly joyful major pentatonic melodies and equally haunting minor-key ones, he sang in a coarse, bass-dwelling croak that sometimes gave way to a more soothing mid-range tone. His performances sometimes featured a female vocalist, but were otherwise solo, and he backed himself with a mix of steady low-string fingerpicking and precise slide maneuvering. His recorded output clocks in at a mere ninety minutes or so, with all of it being waxed in the late 1920s, but what's there contains a sense of purity and humility capable of softening the most hardened cynic. - Will York http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1941729&variant=play&rws=%2Fblind-willie-johnson%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acoustic Blues Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Blind Willie Johnson on Rhapsody Online 1941729 tra.1941729 Blind Willie Johnson art.4048 0.99 Dark Was The Night alb.218031 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/6/1/5/1265161_170x170.jpg 1998-06-30 00:00:00.0 1998-06-30 00:00:00.0 true John The Revelator tra.1941729 199000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1941729&variant=play&rws=%2Fblind-willie-johnson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1941729&variant=data&rws=%2Fblind-willie-johnson%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1941723&variant=play&rws=%2Fblind-willie-johnson%2Ftop-tracks.rss Acoustic Blues Tue, 30 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