JESUS MAKE UP MY DYIN' BED

Created on 11/02/2006
Latest update on 22/02/2021

Artist: Blind Willie Johnson
Author: Willie Johnson
Label: Columbia
Year: 1927

Most important performer of self written, black religious streetcorner stuff.

Covers:

1929:

Charley Patton [as Jesus Is A Dying Bed-Maker]

1933:

Josh White [and as In My Time Of Dying in '45]

1962:

Bob Dylan [idem]

1969:

Fear Itself [idem; Canadian band possibly influencing Led Zeppelin]

1971:

John Sebastian [as Well, Well, Well]

1973:

Shocking Blue [as In My Time Of Dyin']

1975:

Led Zeppelin [idem; crediting themselves]

1991:

Lydia Lunch & Rowland S. Howard [idem]

1992:

Big Sugar [idem]

1994:

Pops Staples [as Jesus Is Going To Make Up (My Dying Bed)]

1995:

Kelly Joe Phelps

1997:

John Mellencamp [as In My Time Of Dying]

2000:

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes [idem]

2003:

Martin L. Gore [idem]

2003:

Be Good Tanyas [idem]

2005:

Alvin Youngblood Hart [idem]

2018:

Paul Thorn [as Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed]

Contact


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