"BLUE" JIMMY: BLUES SCHOLAR AND GENTLEMAN
BLIND DOG OZZY: NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA
"BLUE" JIMMY: One of the most mysterious figures in the history of The Blues is Blind Willie Johnson. If you ain't never heard Blind Willie Johnson, there's probably a piece of your soul that's never been moved yet.
BD OZZY: Pretty much everything that's known about BWJ was researched and written about in a book published in 1959 by a man named Samuel Charters entitled "The Country Blues." It's acknowledged as the first scholarly work ever written about The Blues.
"BLUE" JIMMY: BWJs scary, otherworldly slide guitar playing with perfect pitch and intonation has never been equaled -- ever. When God done made BWJ he said, "that's enough!" His total recorded output is only about 90 minutes but that's all it takes, brother.
BD OZZY: Tracks like "Nobody's Fault But Mine" (where have you heard that before) and "God Moves On The Water" (about the sinking of The Titanic) were enough to make BWJ a legend,
but then he done and made "Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)", three minutes and twenty seconds of pure, recorded exorcism! If you got a bad spirit living in your home, play this tune and your house will be cleansed!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Amen! These old, scratchy recordings make you realize that The Blues comes from a life lived hard and nasty. BWJ roamed the streets of Beaumont, Texas playing for pocket change most of his life, getting messed with by the cops and then when his house burned down he slept on a wet mattress in the ruins until he got sick from pneumonia and died because the local hospital wouldn't admit a black, blind man. "Blind folks has a hard time ..." his wife said after he died.
BD OZZY: Que Gacha!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Next time you think your life is too hard, listen to the recordings of Blind Willie Johnson and realize how good you got it with your comfortable life. Blind Willie didn't play The Blues -- He lived them.
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BD OZZY: Wow! Wow!
