Blind Willie Johnson

Blind Willie Johnson was a gospel blues singer and guitarist from the USA, known for his slide guitar and rough, sermon-like voice. His recordings include Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground, Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed, and John the Revelator. MusicTales follows his cosmic afterlife in a story on bottleneck guitar and the Voyager Golden Record.

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  The bottleneck guitar blues by Blind Willie Johnson is sliding through space on the Voyager Golden Records

  Among the musical works sent by NASA into space to represent the cultural values ​​of mankind, sharing its rightfully...