Blind Willie Johnson

About Blind Willie Johnson

An enormously influential gospel bluesman, Blind Willie Johnson played slide guitar with a haunting intensity that rivals Robert Johnson. His brief recording career ended with the onset of the Depression, but he continued performing up until his death from pneumonia in 1945.

HOMETOWN
Marlin, TX, United States
BORN
January 25, 1897
GENRE
Blues

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