Old Blind Willie. The Ol' Blind Willie Boy Johnson. Sing it Blind. Sling Blade it ol Willie. Blind Willie Johnson has been waiting his whole life for a chance to enter the Star Wars. He keeps getting snubbed. Is it because he is blind? Is it because he be black? Remember when the Led Zeppelin sang "Nobody's Fault But Mine?" That song is an Old Willie Song. With a pork-pie hat and a his trademark slide guitar, Blindy Will Johnson cranked out a corn bin of beautiful sonic canticles. Vote for Willie. Lets get Willie Boy into the Star Wars.
"That night I sat down to a Blind Willie Johnson album. I thought to myself, Blind Willie is about the best slide guitar players I have ever heard. I was pretty blown away that night. So I staggered back home to my empty bed."-Mark Ewing 
Tune in here to hear some of that bottle neck guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW1SRJrNZZw&feature=related
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