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God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson

by Various Artists

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A stunning collection of artists and performances celebrate the timeless music of legendary gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson. From Derek Trucks’ and Susan Tedeschi’s reverent reading of Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning to Lucinda Williams’ slide guitar-fueled lament in Nobody’s Fault But Mine, from Luther Dickinson’s spirited take on Bye And Bye I’m Going To See The King (with The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band) to Tom Waits’ virtual embodiment of Johnson himself on The Soul Of A Man and John The Revelator, this record is packed with incomparable recordings that speak as much to the greatness of the performers as they do the enduring legacy of Blind Willie Johnson.

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released February 26, 2016

The Soul Of A Man performed by Tom Waits
Tom Waits: Vocals • Casey Waits: Drums • Kathleen Brennan: Background Vocals
Produced by Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan • Engineered by Karl Derfler • Production Coordinator: Jodie Wilson
Traditional: Blind Willie Johnson/Arranged by Tom Waits. © 2014 Jalma Music, ASCAP Tom Waits, Under License to Burning Rose Productions, Ltd.
Samples: Smith Casey “Country Rag (East Texas Rag)” from the John and Ruby Lomax Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Used courtesy of Odyssey Productions, Inc.

It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine performed by Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams: Vocals and Guitar • Doug Pettibone: Guitar • David Sutton: Bass • Butch Norton: Drums
Produced by Tom Overby and Lucinda Williams • Mixed and Engineered by David Bianco • Recorded at Dave’s Room, North Hollywood, CA

Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning performed by Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi: Lead Vocal, Handclaps • Derek Trucks: Guitar, Handclaps • Mike Mattison: Vocal, Handclaps • Mark Rivers: Vocal, Handclaps
Recorded and Mixed at Swamp Raga by Bobby Tis

Jesus Is Coming Soon performed by Cowboy Junkies
Margo Timmins: Vocals • Michael Timmins: Guitars • Peter Timmins: Drums • Alan Anton: Bass
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Michael Timmins at The Hangar, Toronto, ON
Includes a sample of Blind Willie Johnson “Jesus is Coming Soon.” Used courtesy of Document Records, Ltd.

Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time performed by Blind Boys Of Alabama
Jimmy Carter and Billy Bowers: Lead Vocals • Jason Isbell: Slide Guitar
Joey Williams: Guitar • Peter Levin: Keyboards • Jimbo Hart: Bass • Chad Gamble: Drums
Produced by Jason Isbell • Engineered and Mixed by Jimmy Nutt • Recorded at Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL

Trouble Will Soon Be Over performed by Sinead O’Connor
Sinéad O’Connor: Vocals • Kenneth Papenfus: Guitars, Backing Vocals • Carl Papenfus: Drums, Bass, Backing Vocals
Additional Backing Vocals by Joanne Papenfus and Nicola Papenfus
Engineered, Produced and Mixed by Kenneth Papenfus and Carl Papenfus

Bye And Bye I’m Going To See The King performed by Luther Dickinson featuring The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
Luther Dickinson: Guitar, Vocal • Shardé Thomas: Vocal, Fife, Drums • Amy Lavere: Upright Bass, Vocals
Recorded at Zebra Ranch by Kevin Houston

God Don’t Never Change performed by Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams: Vocals and Guitar • Doug Pettibone: Guitar • David Sutton: Bass • Butch Norton: Drums
Produced by Tom Overby & Lucinda Williams • Mixed and Engineered by David Bianco • Recorded at Dave’s Room, North Hollywood, CA

John The Revelator performed by Tom Waits
Tom Waits: Vocals, Cigar Box Banjo • Casey Waits: Drums
Produced by Waits/Brennan • Engineered by Karl Derfler • Production Coordinator: Jodie Wilson
Traditional/Arranged by Tom Waits, Adapted by Son House. © 2015, Jalma Music, ASCAP, Sondick Music, BMI P Tom Waits, Under License to Burning Rose Productions, Ltd.

Let Your Light Shine On Me performed by Maria McKee
Maria McKee: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Percussion
Recorded and Mixed by Jim Akin

Dark Was the Night–Cold Was the Ground performed by Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones: Vocals, Guitar, Tambourine • Lee Thornburg: Horns
Engineered, Produced and Mixed by Sheldon Gomberg • Recorded at The Carriage House, Los Angeles, CA
Musical arrangement by Rickie Lee Jones © 2014, used by permission.


Produced by Jeffrey Gaskill
Executive Producers: Jeffrey Gaskill, Burning Rose Productions, Ltd. and Mila Bagry
Associate Producer: Michael B Borofsky
Sequenced at Jiminy Peak, Hancock, MA
Mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital, Southboro, MA
Cover illustration by Marc Burckhardt
Packaging design by Kevin Niemiec
Photos courtesy of Jeffrey Gaskill
Business and Legal Affairs: Michael C. Lesser, Esq.
Legal: Sawnie “Trip” Aldredge, Esq.

All songs Public Domain except as noted

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A stunning collection celebrating the timeless music of legendary gospel bluesman Blind Willie Johnson. Includes Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Lucinda Williams, Luther Dickinson, Tom Waits, The Blind Boys of Alabama and others delivering incomparable recordings that celebrate Johnson’s the enduring legacy. Allmusic calls it “raw and immediate.” No Depression says it’s “a soul stirring potion.” ... more

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