re: #244 ryannon

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground.

[Video]- Blind Willy Johnson, 1928

“A ‘moaning’ piece related to the Bentonia school of blues practiced by such “eerie voiced” artists as Skip James and Robert Johnson.”

” ‘Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)’ is the heart of any Blind Willie Johnson compilation, the song included on a ‘sounds of the earth’ recording that was shot into space with the Voyager One space probe. For good reasons, too, was this song chosen as one of humankind’s best moments to introduce to whatever life may exist elsewhere – Johnson’s performance here is as otherworldly as you get.”

nice…right out of the cotton fields, a priceless bit of Americans…the Blues