Dark Was Night Cold Was Ground

Blind Willie Johnson was the greatest and most popular recorded guitar evangelist who influenced generations of musicians. His unique, intense, emotional and haunting

gruff voice--coupled with some of the finest slide-guitar of any of his peers--firmly established Johnson's status as one of the premier gospel-blues artists of all time.

Between 1927 and 1930, Johnson recorded 30 powerful and timeless landmark songs for Columbia Records in five sessions in Dallas, New Orleans, and Atlanta, generating strong sales and national fame.