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Hi All! We are picking up steam here but we still need to raise another $33K in a little over 24-hrs.  If we can increase pledges by $40 per backer we will succeed!  If you haven't already, please consider increasing your pledge or bringing on a... (Read More)

Dear Blind Willie Johnson Backers, Your support is greatly appreciated. I want to thank you all for contributing to the campaign. As much or more than the money, the support of this project, the moral support, means a lot. We've got just four days... (Read More)

Hi Everybody! We are down to the wire with 9-days to go and we need your continued help getting the word out!   Please continue to share links and spread the word as often as you can!!  HERE IS A POST YOU CAN CUT AND PASTE: Time is running out... (Read More)

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor is to take part in a crowd funded tribute album for Blind Willie Johnson. (Read More)

Hey Everybody! DJ Grandpa had Spike Lee on his program a few weeks back.  Today he posted a podcast interview with me regarding Blind WiIlie Johnson and it starts at about 24:00 min http://www.djgrandpa.com/ There was also this piece in CrowdFund... (Read More)

Jeffrey Gaskill is a Grammy-nominated executive music producer with a passion for the blues, and he has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a tribute album for Blind Willie Johnson. (Read More)

Dear Songs of Blind Willie Johnson supporters, I have a very important favor to ask each of you...



 We are ten days through our Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds for a long overdue tribute to the great Blind Willie Johnson featuring an... (Read More)

The influence of legendary gospel-blues artist Blind Willie Johnson is without question. Johnson's phenomenal slide-guitar tone and technique informed everybody from Delta blues legend Robert Johnson to contemporary six-string wizards Eric Clapton and Ry Cooder while his haunting lyrics impacted artists as diverse as Bonnie Raitt and Jack White (The White Stripes). You can hear Johnson's tormented soul across a wide range of modern blues music. (Read More)

Son House, who was a primary influence on Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson covered Blind Willie Johnson's "John the Revelator" after he had been "churchified."  Tom Waits has agreed to record this song for our project as well as "Soul of a Man".... (Read More)

It was a very windy day in Beaumont, TX in December 2010 when the city unveiled a historical marker at the location of Blind Willie Johnson's home and house of prayer at 1440 Forrest Street. Spread the word about our project! ... (Read More)

A kickstarter campaign has been set up to help fund a covers album of songs by legendary blues musician Blind Willie Johnson. The album is set to feature covers from the likes of Tom Waits, Sinead O' Connor and the Blind Boys of Alabama. (Read More)

Jeffrey Gaskill has the dream of bringing the music of blues legend Blind Willie Johnson, as performed by a group of classic veteran artists, to the general public with the album God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson. (Read More)

A Kickstarter campaign has launched to help fund a tribute album to bluesman, Blind Willie Johnson, with the likes of Tom Waits and Sinead O’Connor getting on board to contribute music. (Read More)

В Kickstarter запущена кампания по сбору средств на запись трибьюта Слепому Вилли Джонсону (Blind Willie Johnson). Фанатам предлагается профинансировать участие в проекте таких исполнителей как Том Уэйтс (Tom Waits), Шинед О'Коннор (Sinead O’Connor), Люсинда Уильямс (Lucinda Williams), Cowboy Junkies, Blind Boys of Alabama и Рики Ли Джонс (Rickie Lee Jones). Организаторы планируют собрать 125 тысяч долларов, и это им почти наверняка удастся: за первые два дня на счет кампании поступило почти 30 тысяч. (Read More)

With his unique bass thumb-picking style and gravelly voice, Blind Willie Johnson is regarded as one of the founding fathers of blues. His music inspired acts like Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode, and Steve Vai, all of whom would eventually cover Johnson. In fact, Johnson is such an icon that his song “Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground” is etched on a gold-platted 12″ that recently became one of the first man-made objects to leave our solar system aboard Voyager 1. (Read More)