Music of Albert E. Brumley Sr.

The music of Albert E. Brumley resides in a shadowy corner of country gospel, but when it’s given the light of day, the glow is blinding.  He was a shape note music composer and publisher whose southern gospel pieces are familiar to many. There’s not a lot of information about Albert but the musical legacy of his “I’ll Fly Away”, “Rank Strangers”, and “Turn Your Radio On” are masterpieces of the genre made popular by everyone from The Carters to Bill Monroe and Aretha Franklin to Alan Jackson and Kanye West.  We’ll spend time with his music today, sharing numerous interpretations for you on a Friday morning in Sebastopol, live from KOWS studio at the UMC in the heart of town.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones Turn Your Radio On 70th Anniversary Amazon
2The Dillards Introduction There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
3The Dillards I'll Fly Away There Is A Time: 1963-70 Amazon
4The Humbard Family I'll Fly Away [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
5Stamps-Baxter Quartet When We Sing Around The Throne Eternal Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music Amazon
6The Del McCoury Band The Lord Is Writing Down Names The Promised Land Amazon
7The Del McCoury Band It's Surprising What The Lord Can Do The Promised Land Amazon
8Clinch Mountain Boys/Jim Lauderdale/Ralph Stanley This World Is Not My Home I Feel Like Singing Today Amazon
9Fern Jones This World Is Not My Home The Glory Road Amazon
10Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc One Amazon
11The Louvin Brothers He Set Me Free Close Harmony [Disc 6] Amazon
12Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Standing By the River Ralph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc 4 Amazon
13The Country Gentlemen Rank Strangers To Me The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
14Ricky Skaggs Rank Stranger Bluegrass Rules! Amazon
15Leon Redbone If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven Double Time Amazon
16Elvis Presley If We Never Meet Again He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
17Doc Watson I'll Meet You In The Morning Milestones [Disc 2] Amazon
18Albert E. Brumley, Jr./Merle Haggard I'll Meet You in the Morning Two Old Friends Amazon
19Johnnie and Jack I Heard My Name on the Radio 1947-1950 (Warped 4720) Amazon
20Coon Creek Girls Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
21Rangers Quartet I've Found A Hiding Place Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music Amazon
22Marty Stuart Lord, Give Me Just a Little More Time Souls' Chapel Amazon
23Mac Wiseman By the Side of the Road Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
24Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver By The Side Of The Road Beyond The Shadows Amazon
25The Del McCoury Band I'll Put On A Crown And Walk Around The Promised Land Amazon
26The Del McCoury Band It's An Unfriendly World The Promised Land Amazon
27Merle Travis If We Never Meet Again Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
28The Kingsmen I'd Rather Be An Old-Time Christian Crossroads: Southern Roots Amazon
29Jimmie Davis 'Twill Be Sweet When We Meet Nobody's Darlin' But Mine Amazon
30Carl Story I've Found a Hiding Place Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 Amazon
31Wade Bowen I'll Fly Away Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother Amazon
32Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch I'll Fly Away Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Amazon
33NRBQ Down In My Heart Stay With We Amazon
34Lyle Lovett I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord Smile: Songs From The Movies Amazon