"Dark Was the Night" by Reverend Robert B. Jones
The Apple Seed - Season 3, Episode 6 , Segment 2
S3 E6: Easter Stories from Dolores Hydock and Rev. Robert B. Jones
Episode: S3 E6: Easter Stories from Dolores Hydock and Rev. Robert B. Jones
- Apr 6, 2023 6:00 am
- 4:47 mins
The Reverend Robert B. Jones shares the story of blues musician Blind Willie Johnson and how his recording of the song "Dark Was the Night," a haunting lament about Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, came to be sent off into space on the Voyager Golden Record.
