Grateful Dead Family Discography: Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying

Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying

Composer: Blind Willie Johnson

Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying was performed at least once, as an instrumental, by the Garcia / Saunders group in 1973.

The song was first recorded by Blind Willie Johnson at the end of 1928 and released, with the title Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying, in 1929.

The song was adapted by Al Kooper for the Blues Project and released with the title I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes. Recordings of both songs are included in the list below. The song title used varies in a number of small ways on recordings.

Recordings

no info 10" (Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying / Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning), Blind Willie Johnson, 1929
no info Jazz, Vol. 2, The Blues, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1950
no info Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin', Odetta, 1962
no info Blind Willie Johnson 1927-1930, Blind Willie Johnson, 1965
no info Folk, Blues & Beyond, Davy Graham, 1965
no info Projections, The Blues Project, 1966
no info Single (I Can't Keep From Crying / The Way My Baby Walks), The Blues Project, 1966
no info The Blues Project Live at Town Hall, The Blues Project, 1967
no info Ten Years After, Ten Years After, 1967
no info Good Time Music, Various Artists (Al Kooper), 1967
The Best Of The Blues Project, The Blues Project, 1969
no info The Deirdre Wilson Tabac, The Deirdre Wilson Tabac, 1970
no info Keep On Keepin' On, Brenda Patterson, 1970
no info Power Blues, Various Artists (Ten Years After), 1970
no info Thank You Lord For One More Day, Brother Joe May, 1971
no info The First Great Rock Festivals Of The Seventies: Isle Of Wight / Atlanta Pop Festival, Various Artists (Ten Years After), 1971
no info Reunion In Central Park, The Original Blues Project, 1973
no info Recorded Live, Ten Years After, 1973
no info Thunderbolt of the Middle West, Brother Joe May, 1974
no info Archetypes, The Blues Project, 1974
no info Crossroads: White Blues In The 1960's, Various Artists (Al Kooper), 1984
no info The Collection, Ten Years After, 1985
no info Universal, Ten Years After, 1987
The Best Of The Blues Project, The Blues Project, 1989
no info Sweeter as the Years Go By, Blind Willie Johnson, 1990
no info Legends of the Blues, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1991
no info The Complete Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, 1993
no info Last Chance Afternoon, Bruce Tunkel, 1993
no info Complete Recorded Works (1938-1943), Alphabetical Four, 1995
no info Dark Was the Night, Blind Willie Johnson, 1995
Soul Of A Man: Al Kooper Live, Al Kooper, 1995
no info Message To Love: The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 (2 CD), Various Artists (Ten Years After), 1995
no info Full Spectrum Blues, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1996
Dark Was the Night: The Essential Recordings, Blind Willie Johnson, 1997
Anthology, The Blues Project, 1997
no info World of Gospel, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1997
no info You Can't Get That Stuff No More, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1997
no info I Can't Complain, Phoebe Snow, 1998
no info Slide Guitar Masters, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1998
Bleecker Street Blues, Blues Project, 1999
Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1999
Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 1999
no info Every Day I Have the Blues, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 2000
no info Live at the Fillmore East, Ten Years After, 2001
no info Rare & Well Done, Al Kooper, 2001
no info House of Guitars, Edward Gerhard, 2001
no info Rare + Well Done: The Greatest & Most Obscure Recordings, Al Kooper, 2001
no info The Anthology 1967-1971, Ten Years After, 2002
no info No Use Running From The Blues, Michael Packer, 2002
no info One Night Jammed: Live, Ten Years After, 2003
no info Righteousness and Humidity, Martin Simpson, 2003
no info Legend of a Mind, Various Artists (Ten Years After), 2003
no info Flying Groove, Various Artists (Dierdre Wilson Tabac), 2003
no info The Definitive Collection, Martin Simpson, 2004
no info That's What Friends Are For, Various Artists (Deirdre Wilson Tabac), 2004
Dark Was the Night: A Tribute to the Music of Blind Willie Johnson, Various Artists (Martin Simpson), 2004
no info Roadworks, Ten Years After, 2005
no info The Rough Guide To Bottleneck Blues, Various Artists (Martin Simpson), 2005
Dirt Road Blues, Saturday Nite Fish Fry, 2007
Blind Willie Johnson and the Guitar Evangelists, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 2005
no info Any Distraction'll Do, Mokai, 2011
no info My Blue Heaven, Dave "Snaker" Ray, 2011
no info Drink And The Devil: The Blues Roots Of The White Stripes, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 2011
no info Hear Them Calling, Ten Years After, 2012
no info The Last Show, Alvin Lee, 2013
no info Deep Fried, Miraculous Mule, 2013
no info I Am The Blues, My Story, Michael Packer, 2013
no info The Friday Rockshow Sessions: Live At Reading, Ten Years After, 2014
no info Under Amazonian Lights, The White Stripes, 2015
no info From Sacred To Secular: A Soul Awakening, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 2015
no info American Epic: The Best Of Blind Willie Johnson, 2017
no info The Rough Guide To Holy Blues, Various Artists (Blind Willie Johnson), 2017
no info Cry No More, Danielle Nicole, 2018
no info Live 'Woodstock 69', Hundred Seventy Split, 2019
no info Prodigal Son (Deluxe 2 CD Edition), Martin Simpson, 2019
no info An Evening With, John Renbourn + Jacqui McShee, 2019
Woodstock: Back To The Garden (38 CD), Various Artists (Ten Years After), 2019
no info Crawling Up A Hill: A Journey Through The British Blues Boom 1966-71, Various Artists (Ten Years After), 2020