more on : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Revelator_(song) "John the Revelator" has been called "one of the most powerful songs in all of pre-war acoustic music ... [which] has been hugely influential to blues performers". Blind Willie Johnson recorded "John the Revelator" during his fifth and final recording session for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia on April 20, 1930. Accompanying Johnson on vocal and guitar is Willie B. Harris (sometimes identified as his first wife), who sings the response parts of the song.

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