Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes - Blind Willie Johnson video free download
Classic delta blues, Blind Willie Johnson.
""Blind" Willie Johnson (January 22, 1897 -- September 18, 1945) was an American singer and guitarist whose music straddled the border between blues and spirituals. While the lyrics of all of his songs were religious, his music drew from both sacred and blues traditions. Among musicians, he is considered one of the greatest slide or bottleneck guitarists, as well as one of the most revered figures of depression-era gospel music.[citation needed] His music is distinguished by his powerful bass thumb-picking and gravelly false-bass voice, with occasional use of a tenor voice."
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9 years ago
Bish Bosch
Colin Stetson led me there9 years ago
banapaulo
Personally I love Davy Graham's version. Thought he wrote it, actually. Nice to hear the original.9 years ago
Bill Goldman
"Nothing new under the sun" - a Biblical phrase, especially in the Old Testament. It refers - always - I think, to what happens on this earth, not to what YHWH (God) does. Why? - Because what God does is NOT "under the sun" but beyond and before and forever. Little lesson, folks10 years ago
Carlos Gomes
I know just how he feels. I love this man's music.10 years ago
Poetiza
Netflix original, House of Cards, introduced me to this singer and I am glad! Great music!10 years ago
steve wagner
this dude Benjamin A. Murphy does this song pretty well . it can be found at the end of the christian movie Revelation Road 2 during the credits10 years ago
Stephen Sponsler
Wow, this sounds like something that Robert Plant would do from Led Zepplin, the overall tenor of the song sounds very Led Zepplinish.10 years ago
Tobias Broucke
Saw it LIVE! opening for the national Great band, hope they make it big..10 years ago
DucksDeLucks
Al Kooper's version is just that - a version of this song, though the record jacket credits it to Al Kooper. I'm sure he'll be hearing from Blind Willie's lawyers.11 years ago
coffee696969
Me too! A mind-blowing interpretation.11 years ago
busessuck1
...anybody else who did a version of the song after hearing THIS version... well they made a fool of themselves didn't they? overstepping like that11 years ago
NavAudio
Davy Graham does a fantastic version of this as well on his album "Folk, Blues & Beyond." Very folk-feeling as opposed to the raw blues here.11 years ago
BRBBOWFLEXINL4D
Alexisonfire did a little version of this on their farewell tour, after finishing the song The Northern.11 years ago
bikegeek666
4:20 elders broooo!!!11 years ago
de Melker & Partners
yep; it's great11 years ago
averagenetfool
Heart breaking song. I can't keep from crying listening to this.11 years ago
Pierre-Olivier Décary
anybody heard The Barr Brothers' version?11 years ago
66bgrs
back in those days record players and songs on the radio were rare if they heard a song it might have been once or twice they took the song and played as they remembered it and added this and that over the years their "copies " became originals because they couldn't just play the original over and over to learn it like they do now they played it with their own feeling and emotion ect anyway no one ever played these songs like blind willie did he was one of a kind genius12 years ago
ELVIS4221
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.12 years ago
simonaris
@sharkabilly Yep, some classical composers even ripped off eachother sometimes. Quite blatantly. As you say 'There's nothing new under the sun'.Related Videos
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