Hi all,
Blind Willie Davis recorded "Rock of Ages" at a session for Paramount in Chicago arund May of 1928. accompanying himself out of Vestapol tuning with a slide. He recorded a total of six titles for Paramount between January of 1928 and October of 1929, with all of them being religious songs. I don't know if anything is known about him in the biographical sense. I have never heard "Rock of Ages" done before with the melody he gave it. His playing of the song had tremendous drive, and he used his slide to play the first two strings simultaneously. Despite the song's title, he sang it as "Rocks of Ages" from beginning to end. Here is "Rock of Ages":
INTRO
My lovin' mother, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
My lovin' sister, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Oh rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
My lovin' brother, when the world's on fire
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
SOLO
My lovin' elder, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
My lovin' mourner, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Oh rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
SOLO
Edited 3/3 to pick up correction from Old Man Ned
All best,
Johnm
Blind Willie Davis recorded "Rock of Ages" at a session for Paramount in Chicago arund May of 1928. accompanying himself out of Vestapol tuning with a slide. He recorded a total of six titles for Paramount between January of 1928 and October of 1929, with all of them being religious songs. I don't know if anything is known about him in the biographical sense. I have never heard "Rock of Ages" done before with the melody he gave it. His playing of the song had tremendous drive, and he used his slide to play the first two strings simultaneously. Despite the song's title, he sang it as "Rocks of Ages" from beginning to end. Here is "Rock of Ages":
INTRO
My lovin' mother, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
My lovin' sister, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Oh rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
My lovin' brother, when the world's on fire
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
SOLO
My lovin' elder, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
My lovin' mourner, when the world's on fire,
Don't you want God's bosom, to be your pillow?
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
Oh rocks of ages, oh rocks of ages
REFRAIN: Oh hide me over, in the rocks of ages
Rocks of ages, cleft for me
SOLO
Edited 3/3 to pick up correction from Old Man Ned
All best,
Johnm