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

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God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (Alligator Records) earned Grammy Award nominations for Best Roots Gospel Album and Best American Roots Performance for Blind Boys of Alabama recording of Mother's Children Have a Hard Time.[1] The compilation was produced by Jeffrey Gaskill of Burning Rose Productions.[citation needed] The package features extensive historical liner notes by author Michael Corcoran.[citation needed]

ReleasedFebruary 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)
Length41:50
ProducerJeffrey Gaskill
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God Don't Never Change:
The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Compilation album by
various artists
ReleasedFebruary 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)
Length41:50
ProducerJeffrey Gaskill
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Background

The album was funded via a Kickstarter campaign that featured cigar box guitars made of wood from Willie Johnson's 1920s/1930s Marlin, Texas, home that he shared with wife Willie B Harris. These ten unique folk instruments are individually numbered and collectively known as the Blind Pilgrim Collection.[2]

Reception

Thom Jurek, in his review for AllMusic, said the album "Reflects the enduring, mercurial influence of the artist, but also the weight the Christian gospel imposes on questions of the human condition as it encounters suffering, joy, mercy, loneliness, death, and resurrection."[3] The Associated Press praised the album saying "Producer Jeffrey Gaskill's able guidance has resulted in 11 stirring renditions which replicated the soul of the songs not just the sounds."[citation needed]

Track listing

Personnel

  • Executive Producers: Jeffrey Gaskill, Mila Bagry
  • Produced by Jeffrey Gaskill
  • Associate Producer: Michael B Borofsky

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