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The song's title is borrowed from a hymn that was popular in the nineteenth century American South with fasola singers. “Gethsemane”, written by English clergyman Thomas Haweis in 1792, begins with the lines “Dark was the night, cold was the ground / on which my Lord was laid.” [3] Music historian Mark Humphrey describes Johnson's composition as an impressionistic rendition of ...
As of May 2012, Dark Was the Night has raised over $1.6 million, a sum that represents all the profits from worldwide sales. John Carlin acknowledged the reason for the album's success, saying "Dark Was the Night encapsulated the spirit and creativity of a new generation of musicians whose work struck a chord and got people to actually purchase the album and raise hundreds of thousands of ...
This is a list of all 30 songs recorded by the gospel blues musician Blind Willie Johnson (1897–1945), arranged both in alphabetical order by title and in chronological order by recording date.
Appearing on the album, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, the song deals with two people as they struggle through depression, addiction, and an interminable night. [1] Conor Oberst appears alone on the track, on vocals and acoustic guitar. The song also appears as a duet with Gillian Welch on the album Dark Was the Night.
The group contributed a cover of the Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse song "Feeling Good" for the Red Hot Organization's compilation Dark Was the Night, released in 2009, and appear on the David Byrne and Fatboy Slim 2010 album, Here Lies Love. [5] All Things Will Unwind was released on October 18, 2011. The album was initially a ...
Big Red Machine began as a musical collaboration in 2008, when Aaron Dessner messaged Justin Vernon on MySpace, without any prior personal meeting.Dessner sent Vernon an instrumental idea for a compilation album named Dark Was the Night, benefiting the Red Hot Organization, which he wanted Vernon to write a song for. [3]
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.
Dark Was the Night compilation (2009) Peter Gutteridge "What'cha Gonna Do About It" Fuckbook (2009) Brian Potter, Ian Samwell "Accident" Brian McMahon "This Is Where I Belong" Ray Davies "Shut Down" Brian Wilson, Roger Christian "Shut Down Part 2" Carl Wilson "With a Girl Like You" Reg Presley "The Kid with the Replaceable Head" Richard Hell ...