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"Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying" is a traditional gospel blues song recorded in 1928 by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) and Willis B. Harris (vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife. [1]
"Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning" (Columbia 14425-D) "Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying" (Columbia 14425-D) December 10, 1929, New Orleans, Louisiana "Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King" (Columbia 14504-D) "God Don't Never Change" (Columbia 14490-D) "Let Your Light Shine on Me" (Columbia 14490-D) "Sweeter As the Years Roll By" (Columbia ...
Blind Willie Johnson was born on January 25, 1897, in Pendleton, Texas, a small town near Temple, Texas, to sharecropper Dock Johnson and Mary King. [2] His family, which according to the blues historian Stephen Calt included at least one younger brother (named Carl), moved to the agriculturally rich community of Marlin, where Johnson spent most of his childhood.
Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" during his fifth and final recording session for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia on April 20, 1930. Accompanying Johnson on vocal and guitar is Willie B. Harris (sometimes identified as his first wife), who sings the response parts of the song.
What's Shakin' is a compilation album released by Elektra Records in May 1966. It features the earliest studio recordings by the Lovin' Spoonful and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, as well as the only released recordings by the ad hoc studio group Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse, until they were reissued years later.
"If It Had Not Been For Jesus" is an American Christian hymn (or, gospel song) of unknown authorship. It was included in four hymnals published between 1905 and 1938. [1] The title is taken from the first line of the refrain.
"Trouble" is this earthly life; the singer looks forward to a better, heavenly, one: "Trouble will soon be over, sorrow will have an end". The singer reflects that God was a friend to the Biblical King David, and hopes for like treatment: "I'll gauge that the same God that David served will give me rest some day".
"Can't Nobody Hide from God" is a traditional gospel blues song recorded in 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) with by Willis B. Harris (backing vocals), who is thought to have been his first wife. [1] It was released as a single on Columbia Records, backed with "If It Had Not Been For Jesus" [2]