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    Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945), commonly known as Blind Willie Johnson, was an American gospel blues singer and guitarist. His...
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  • Willie Johnson may refer to: Willie Johnson (guitarist) (1923–1995), guitarist for Howlin' Wolf Blind Willie Johnson (1897–1945), American blues and gospel...
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    Willie Johnson (March 4, 1923 – February 26, 1995) was an American electric blues guitarist. He is best known as the principal guitarist in Howlin' Wolf's...
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  • "Peerie" Willie Johnson (William Henry Johnson) (10 December 1920 in Yell, Shetland – 22 May 2007 in Lerwick, Shetland) was a Scottish folk guitarist...
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  • murderer who was executed by the state of Alabama for the 1996 murder of Willie Johnson Jr. Reeves's case generated attention due to claims he was intellectually...
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    the cross for the winning goal, but he was fined afterwards by manager Willie Waddell for showboating (sitting on the ball), which supposedly brought...
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  • 1921 – January 30, 1990) Other members Willie Johnson John Jennings Jimmy Adams Elijah Wright (bass) Willie Wright (tenor) Warner 2006, p. 169 Warner...
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  • "Blues in the Night" Dark Was the Night: A Tribute to the Music of Blind Willie Johnson (2004) – "God Moves on the Water" Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea...
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  • written in 1943 by Willie Johnson and originally recorded by the a cappella gospel group the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (of which Johnson was a member) in...
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    Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson, a tribute album recorded in honor of gospel musician Blind Willie Johnson. The Blind Boys performed the...
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  • influential to blues performers". American gospel-blues musician Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" in 1930. Subsequently, a variety of artists...
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    Edwards, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Robert Johnson, Robert Lockwood Jr., Willie Brown, Son House and Willie Johnson. By the end of the decade, he was a fixture...
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    Tampa Red and Blind Willie Johnson as "developing the most distinctive styles in the recorded idom" of the time. He adds: Johnson was the first such player...
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  • Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a reputed American mobster. According to court documents and pretrial testimony...
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  • It's Nobody's Fault but Mine (category Blind Willie Johnson songs)
    first recorded by gospel blues artist Blind Willie Johnson in 1927. It is a solo performance with Johnson singing and playing slide guitar. The song has...
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  • player Bill Johnson (disambiguation) Billy Johnston (disambiguation) Will Johnson (disambiguation) William Johnson (disambiguation) Willie Johnson (disambiguation)...
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    Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (category Blind Willie Johnson songs)
    by American musician Blind Willie Johnson and recorded in 1927. The song is primarily an instrumental featuring Johnson's self-taught bottleneck slide...
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  • Willie Neal Johnson (August 25, 1935 – January 10, 2001) was an American gospel singer, who became known as "Country Boy" for his rootsy blues-driven...
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  • Complete Blind Willie Johnson is a compilation album of all the known recordings by American gospel blues singer-guitarist Blind Willie Johnson. As part of...
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  • his work on O Brother, Burnett chose a mix of vintage songs by Blind Willie Johnson, The Soul Stirrers, Swan Silvertones and Bill Landford & The Landfordaires...
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  • American Epic: The Best of Blind Willie Johnson is a compilation album released to accompany the award-winning American Epic documentary film series. It...
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  • blues guitarists, particularly Memphis bluesmen such as Joe Hill Louis, Willie Johnson and Pat Hare. Characteristics that blues rock adopted from electric...
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    and Stravinsky. The disc also includes music by Guan Pinghu, Blind Willie Johnson, Chuck Berry, Kesarbai Kerkar, Valya Balkanska, and electronic composer...
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    the Blind Willie Johnson song "Let Your Light Shine On Me" on the tribute album God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson. In 2013, McKee...
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  • In My Time of Dying (category Blind Willie Johnson songs)
    Dying Bed" or a variation thereof) is a gospel music song by Blind Willie Johnson. The title line, closing each stanza of the song, refers to a deathbed...
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  • Lee Willie Johnson (born 16 June 1957) is an American former professional basketball player. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA)...
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    Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre...
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    2007. Retrieved March 18, 2023. Corcoran, Michael. "The Soul of Blind Willie Johnson:Retracing the life of the Texas music icon". Austin360.com. Archived...
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    October 31, 1905, to Margaret Moultrie and William Johnson. When he was 10, his older brother Willie was accused of killing a white man. Afraid of a possible...
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  • 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...
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