DonRocks Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Too many people think "Motherless Children" debuted on "461 Ocean Boulevard" when it didn't happen that way at all. The great Willie Johnson (I loathe to call him "Blind" Willie Johnson, but yes, he was blind) introduced this song in 1927. This is how the song was supposed to sound: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 15 hours ago, DonRocks said: to me, *this* is blues: Since you brought up Blind Willie Johnson, here's a World War I song he did, When the War Was On. I rather like the lyrics! About half his songs are done in a natural sounding voice and the other half in this "false" bass voice. I've heard it called chest singing but I don't know. Measure your barley, measure your wheat Half a pound of sugar for a person a week Folks didn't like it, they blamed Uncle Sam "I got to save the sugar for the boys in France!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Praise God I'm Satisfied! More of the chest vocal like When the War Was On Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Willie's more natural voice Hard to believe it's the same singer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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