Blues Chronicles #4: Blind Willie Johnson – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

On this fourth episode of Blues Chronicles, Rev. Robert Jones talk about another important figure in blues history: Blind Willie Johnson. Johnson used a a technique of slide guitar combined with singing that Rev. Jones dubs both hopeful yet apocalyptic.

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