Dark Was the Night
Blind Willie Johnson gets his place in history
"...You may not be familiar with Texas gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson, but you almost certainly know the songs..."
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June 2, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri
Medicine Man
Up a Tree With Greg Ashley
"...a full stop, even though there's no traffic coming. Willie Nelson's Stardust warbles from the tape player...."
Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite Burn in Hell
String sorcerer went to my college?
"...greatest shows I’ve ever seen at South by Southwest. Willie Nelson – I sat in with Willie! [Laughs] I’ve..."
Sept. 10, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited
Gift Guide
"...with performances from 1999 and 2001. Beck as Robert Johnson ("Last Fair Deal Gone Down"), Beth Orton takes down..."
Dec. 8, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder
Birth of Western Swing, Death of Milton Brown
Chapter excerpt from the new book by ATX music historians Michael Corcoran and Tim Kerr spotlights the debt that the kings of country swing, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, owed to Texan Milton Brown and his Musical Brownies
"...the Twenties gospel singers Washington Phillips, Arizona Dranes, and Blind Willie Johnson; the Gant Family of Thirties folk singers;..."
March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran
Sheik to Sheik
Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that
"...serious. Out of these songsters, how do you produce Blind Lemon Jefferson? He was like Mozart! Unbelievable! There are..."
Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Rock & Roll Books
Gift guide
"...recruited teenage girls for her producer-lover and turned a blind eye to their rape, abuse, and kidnapping. McDougall's well-researched..."
Dec. 3, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Malford Milligan
Texas Platters
"...among others. He tackles tunes from the songbooks of Blind Willie Johnson, Al Green, Blind Gary Davis, and Sam..."
Aug. 17, 2001 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Postmarks
Music Greats Overlooked
"...Ernest Tubb, George Jones, Johnny Bush, Roger Miller. Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Leadbelly, Charles Brown, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Z.Z...."
Jan. 22, 1999 Column
HOF Hopefuls
"...Winter, Freddy Fender, Ed Quinn, Jay Trachtenberg, Wali “Oat Willie” Stopher, Sandy Lockett, John Clay, Tracy Nelson, George Rains,..."
March 13, 2017 Postmarks
Playback: RSD in ATX
Record Store Day local exclusives, and out-of-the-way wax emporiums that may carry them
"...quartet opens the seventh seal with a cover of Blind Willie Johnson's gospel blues classic via 2,000 copies by..."
April 15, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Off the Record
Mixed signals: KUT takes over the Cactus Cafe, Pachanga owns Fiesta Gardens
"...onstage. Other highlights included the rich Spanish balladry of Willie Alvarado, Hacienda's rousing Chicano soul, and Girl in a..."
May 28, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell
Young Guitar Slingers ... Texas Blues Evolution
"...joint rowdiness. In particular, DeVore's ass-kickin' take on Robert Johnson, Guy Forsyth's reverential reading of Blind Willie Johnson, and..."
June 29, 2001 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg
American Folklorist
Peter Keane, Not a Singer-Songwriter
"...to hear the Carter Family side by side with Blind Willie Johnson, Cannon's Jug Stompers with Doc Boggs, and..."
Sept. 13, 1996 Music Feature by Brian Berger
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Trail of Dead, Opeth, Mykfresh, Big Laugh, Rattlesnake Milk, Deezie Brown, and more recommended shows
"...Cry No More, riffing originals alongside works by Prince, Blind Willie Johnson, and Bill Withers. Off With Their Heads..."
Nov. 26, 2021 Music Column by Julian Towers
Carolyn Wonderland
"...curious and individualistic flair. Flipping the script, she takes Blind Willie Johnson's bare-boned jangle "Can't Nobody Hide From God"..."
July 14, 2017 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez
Only Bowie
Long lost 1995 Austin compilation wields a license to freak
"...torpedo “TVC 15.” Menacing (Wounded Turkey’s “Suffragette City”), scabrous (Blind Willie Johnson’s “Diamond Dogs”), faithfully anthemic (Big Drag’s “Heroes”):..."
Feb. 10, 2016 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
ACL Review: Rhiannon Giddens
All hail an essential new emissary of American music
"...traditional “Waterboy” provided the showstopper. Jenkins took lead on Blind Willie Johnson’s “Can’t Nobody Hide From God,” and “Ruby”..."
Oct. 3, 2015 Music Post by Doug Freeman
Keepin' Up With the Jones Family
The Jones Family Singers hear the spirit speak in Austin
"...Singers come out of the COGIC music tradition of Blind Willie Johnson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the Edwin Hawkins..."
Sept. 20, 2013 Music Feature by Michael Corcoran
Hot for Teacher
History's sexy at UT Informal Classes
"...they don't know what to do with it ... Blind Willie Johnson, Lightnin' [Hopkins], Mance Lipscomb ... Texas can..."
Sept. 21, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
"...on "Sugar & Pie" or making it jazzy on Blind Willie Johnson's "Nobody's Fault But Mine." The majority of..."
Oct. 3, 2008 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
The Gospel According to Austin Vol. 5
Record review
"...rejoices that "there's joy on the other side." Resurrecting Blind Willie Johnson's "It's Nobody's Fault But Mine," Papa Mali..."
July 21, 2006 Music Review by Robert Gabriel
Irma Thomas
Record review
"...mixing them with tunes from legends like Arthur Alexander, Blind Willie Johnson, and Doc Pomus, Thomas' willingness to take..."
May 26, 2006 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Danny Barnes
Record review
"...Light Shine on Me," by legendary Texas gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson. Performances throughout are lively and warm, with..."
Aug. 26, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch
7 & 7 Is
7 & 7 Is
"...on this Memphis-pressed Wrecked 'Em Wreckord(s), then SF's sludgy Blind Willie Johnson A-side and scuffling B-side ("Speed Traps, Weigh..."
Sept. 12, 2003 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Bob Dylan
Record Review
"...we love Love and Theft's hourlong séance, instead: Shakespeare, Blind Willie Johnson, Virgil, Sonny Boy Williamson, Frank Sinatra, Old..."
Sept. 14, 2001 Music Review by Shawn Badgley
Revenant Records Discography
"...they secured a recording contract with Rich-R-Tone Records in Johnson City, Tenn. in the late Forties. "At that time..."
Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith
Living, Breathing Americana
Steve James: Sustaining Traditions, Not Reviving Them
"...folk process could have sustained the songs of a Blind Lemon Jefferson, Willie Johnson, or Henry Thomas (to name..."
Oct. 4, 1996 Music Feature by Brian Berger
People Get Ready
Excerpt from Kevin Phinney's 'Souled American'
"...both groups overlapped. White student activists so revered Robert Johnson that an album of his newly rediscovered tunes called..."
Oct. 7, 2005 Music Feature by Kevin Phinney
Austin Music Network Schedule
"...1:30 Blind Willie's Johnson, La Zona Rosa..."
Dec. 6, 1996 Music Feature
Bullock Texas State History Museum
