Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Freedom Road
Higher Ground
2
Mahalia Jackson
Didn't It Rain
16 Most Requested Songs
3
Marie Knight
The Old Rugged Cross
Hallelujah What A Song!
4
Marie Knight
Walk With Me
The Great Gospel Women
5
SNCC Freedom Singers
Woke Up This Morning
Crossroads: Southern Roots
6
The Freedom Singers
Freedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of Mine
Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
7
Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist
Free At Las'
2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
8
Southern Sons
I'm Free At Last (1942)
1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
9
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
Mean Old World
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
10
Aretha Franklin
Precious Lord (Part One)
Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
11
Marion Williams
Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares
The Great Gospel Women
12
Clara Ward Singers
Somebody Bigger Than You & I
Somebody Bigger Than You & I
13
Morris Brown Quartet
Climbing Up The Mountain
I Hear Music In The Air
14
Southern Sons
Lift Every Voice And Sing
I Hear Music In The Air
15
The Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Love Lifted Me
16
Bill Landford And The Landfordaires
Trouble Of This World [Album Version]
The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
17
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Joshua Fit The Battle
American Roots Music [Disc 3]
18
Leonard de Paur conducting choir
We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
19
Gospel Tones
Roll, Jordan, Roll
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
20
The Sensational Nightingales
Freedom After a While
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
21
Reverend Robert Ballinger
So Glad
1950s Gospel Classics
22
Mahalia Jackson
I'm on My Way To Canaan
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
23
The Trumpeteers
I'll Fly Away
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
24
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Stand By Me
Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
25
The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ
Great Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)
Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the Lamb
26
The Staple Singers
Swing Down, Chariot
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
27
The Staple Singers
Uncloudy Day
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28
Golden Gate Quartet
God's Gonna Cut 'em Down
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
29
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Christian's Automobile
Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
30
Southern Sons
Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air
I Hear Music In The Air
31
Arizona Dranes
Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
The argument has been made that Bob Dylan’s earliest music contained more prophetic prose than his deep dive into the Christian faith in Slow Train Coming. His pen had always leaned on the big story lines of Old and New Testaments but he went all out, much as he did in his ‘rock’ conversion, when he made the direct connection to matters of the soul that he would find in the Bible. This week’s show features the gospel songs of Bob Dylan, performed by gospel greats The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Fairfield Four, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and so many others. Tune into Sonoma County Community radio for a Dylan gospel fest including Maria Muldaur and Willie Nile.
The first of two gospel Friday mornings coming up on Deeper Roots in June. This week, we’ll follow a ‘heavenly’ theme. The Christian vision of afterlife’s reward is expressed in music on a Friday morning in West County (of all places). There will be country and black gospel sounds emanating from the UMC in downtown Sebastopol on KOWS radio as we share performances about heaven including the electric voices of Marion Williams and Marie Knight; the rocking celebration of the good book from Sister Rosetta and Brother Claude Ely; and country gospel enlightenment from Willie and Bobbie Nelson. This one is worth the wait and worth it’s weight in heavenly gold. Tune in!
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford
It's A Highway To Heaven
Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
2
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Shout All Over God's Heaven
Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
3
The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
Heaven Belongs To You
Shakin' The Rafters
4
The Staple Singers
What Are They Doing? (In Heaven Today)
Amen/Why
5
Washington Phillips
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
6
Mahalia Jackson
A City Called Heaven
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
7
Mahalia Jackson
Walk Over God's Heaven
16 Most Requested Songs
8
Clara Ward
When We All Get To Heaven
The Very Greatest
9
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Walk All Over To God's Heaven
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
10
Original Gospel Stars
I Want To Go To Heaven
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Canaan's Land
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
12
Mother McCollum
When I Take My Vacation In Heaven
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
13
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
When We All Get To Heaven
Farther Along
14
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway to Heaven
Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
15
Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys
I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven
King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
16
Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
Walk Over God's Heaven
New Country December 1994
17
The Stanley Brothers
Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Album Version]
The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
18
Jimmy Martin
Little Angels In Heaven
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
19
Ethel Davenport & Ehel Davenport Singers
Heavenly Express
Powerhouse Gospel
20
The Staple Singers
On My Way To Heaven
Four Classic Albums
21
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Pure Religion
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
22
Sister Cally Fancy
Goin' On To Heaven In The Sanctified Way
Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
23
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Heaven Is Not My Home
Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
24
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Beams of Heaven
The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
25
Marie Knight
Seal Of Heaven
Hallelujah What A Song!
26
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Heaven I Heard So Much About It
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983
27
Dorothy Love Coates
When I Reach My Heavenly Home
The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Gospel music informed much of the music from the early century and the blues took it’s soul and inspiration from many passages. Numerous street corner buskers promoted the scripture and many, like Blind Willie Johnson, Gary Davis, Oda Mae Terrell, and Mother McCollum were known as musical evangelists in addition to their place in the church. And the spirituals also informed the music of Blind Boy Fuller, Charley Patton, Barbecue Bob, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and so many early blues men and women. We’ll sample a few and take our Friday evening show with some reverence and grit.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
2
Mississippi John Hurt
Praying On The Old Camp Ground
Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
3
Mother McCollum
Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
4
Mother McCollum
Oh Lord I'm Your Child
Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
5
Blind Lemon Jefferson
He Arose From The Dead
The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
6
Blind Joe Taggart And Joshua White
Scandalous And A Shame (Pm 12780, 20942-4)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
7
Sam Collins
I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
Complete Recorded Works 1927-31
8
Barbecue Bob
When The Saints Go Marching In
Complete Recorded Works Vol 1
9
Blind Willie Johnson
I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
10
Charley Patton
Lord I'm Discouraged
Blues Images Presents: 1920's Blues Classics Vol.14
11
Bukka White
I Am In the Heavenly Way
Masters Of The Delta Blues: The Friends Of Charlie Patton
12
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
Heaven Is My View
Backwoods Blues (1926-1935)
13
Lil McClintock
Sow Good Seeds
21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10
14
Blind Nesbit Gussie
Pure Religion
Vol. 2-(1929-34)
15
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Canaan's Land
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
16
Skip James
Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader
Complete Early Recordings
17
Blind Boy Fuller
Precious Lord
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
18
Blind Boy Fuller
Must Have Been My Jesus
Heart Ease Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.55)
19
Josh White
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues
20
Josh White
Lord, I Want To Die Easy
Complete Recorded Works 1929-1940 Vol. 2
21
Blind Willie McTell
I Got Religion I'm So Glad (w/ Kate McTell)
The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
22
Bull City Red
I Feel Like Shoutin'
Blues And Gospel From The Eastern States (1935-1944)
23
Memphis Minnie
Let Me Ride
Memphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4]
24
Brownie McGhee
Done What My Lord Said
The Complete Brownie McGhee [Disc 2]
25
Jimpson & Group
No More My Lord
Parchman Farm: Photographs And Field Recordings: 19471959
We gravitate towards gospel because it’s roots are so entwined with virtually every form of music we feature on Deeper Roots; so we’ll revisit the sound once more. However, in this episode we’ll focus on the rock and rhythm inspiration…gospel performances that were more worldliness than holiness. Jesus Rocked The Jukebox is the name of an album that we’ve leaned on in this episode and expanded from there with examples of over-the-top performances in the key of the sacred but with the pounding rhythmic syncopation of the secular. Join Dave Stroud as he pulls out the stop with the likes of The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Detroiters, The Highway QCs, Fannie Bell Chapman, and a host of others. Breathtaking gospel for a Friday evening in Sonoma County.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Pilgrim Travelers
After While (Take 8)
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
2
The Detroiters
Let Jesus Lead You
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
3
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Jesus Children of America
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
4
The Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Love Lifted Me
5
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Trouble In My Way
The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
6
Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers
Walk With Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
7
The Original Blind Boys
People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
8
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
He's Alright
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
9
Fannie Bell Chapman
He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield
Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
10
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Ananais
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
11
The Chosen Gospel Singers
Trouble Of This World's Condition
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
12
Rosa Shaw
On The Highway
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
13
Sister Emily Bram
Each Day
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air
Gospel Train
15
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
16
Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Gospel of Blues
17
The Staple Singers
Wade In The Water
Freedom Highway
18
The Staple Singers
Jacob's Ladder
Freedom Highway
19
The Golden Gate Quartet
Wade In The Water (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
20
Gospel Hummingbirds
Pray On
Taking Flight
21
The Highway QC'S
Walk with Me
Great Gospel – People Get Ready
22
The Highway Q.C.'s
The Way Up The Hill
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
23
Brother John Sellers
He's My Rock
Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
24
The Swan Silvertones
My Rock
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel
25
Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers
Rock My Soul
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
26
Gospel Silhouettes
Rock In A Weary Land
Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1
27
The Swan Silvertones
Sinner Man
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
28
Gospel Supremes
Sinner Man
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
29
Silvertone Quintet
Stand By Me
Powerhouse Gospel
30
Mary Deloatch
The Lord's Gospel Train
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
31
Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette
Sinner's Crossroads
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32
The Harmonizing Four
Hallelujah
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
33
The Staple Singers
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
34
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Christian's Automobile
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
Gospel is the order of the day … inspirational American roots music to moderate the gloomy days of mid-Winter here in Sonoma County. Blues, rock, country, and the sanctified sounds of spirituality coming to you on another Wednesday evening on Deeper Roots. Our playlist will take you to Maxwell Street with Daddy Stovepipe, the ‘heavenly shore’ with Blind Gussie Nesbit, into the deep country southern climes with Polk Miller and Mac Odell, and we’ll explore contemporary religious topics with Warren Zevon, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, and Lucinda Williams. Tune in!
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Fern Jones
I Ain't Got Time
The Glory Road
2
Reverend Gary Davis
Pure Religion
Harlem Street Singer
3
Blind Gussie Nesbit
Pure Religion
When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
4
Rory Block
Pure Religion
I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis
5
Rev. Pearly Brown
God Don't Never Change
You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
6
Lonnie Johnson
Devil's Got The Blues
Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
7
The Louvin Brothers
Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready
Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
8
Iris DeMent
I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)
Lifeline
9
Wade Mainer
Streamlined Religion
1961 King Session
10
Doug Macleod
Dubb's Talking Religion Blues
There's a Time
11
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
Old Time Religion
Farther Along
12
Pete Seeger
Old Time Religion
Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (1 of 2)
13
Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson)
Old Time Religion
Blues From Maxwell Street
14
Polk Miller's Old South Quartette
That "Old Time" Religion
Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
15
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Claim Jesus First
The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
16
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Good Religion
Spirit Of The Century
17
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Devils Look Like Angels
Between the Ditches
18
Warren Zevon
Dirty Little Religion
Life'll Kill Ya
19
Mac Odell
One Day Religion
Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
20
T. Texas Tyler
You've Got to Live Your Religion Every Day
T. Texas Tyler Hymns
21
Lucinda Williams
You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
Ramblin'
22
Rev. Pearly Brown
By And By (I'm Gonna See The King)
You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
23
The Staple Singers
I Know I Got Religion
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
24
Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips
Give Me That Old Time Religion
Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
25
Reverend Edward Clayborn
Then We'll Need That True Religion
…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
26
The Weavers
True Religion
The Weavers Almanac
27
Clara Ward & Ward Singers
You Must Have Good Religion
I Feel the Holy Spirit
28
Maria Muldaur
He Calls That Religion
Garden Of Joy
29
Reverend Gary Davis
I Didn't Want to Join the Band
Pure Religion and Bad Company
30
Rev. Pearly Brown
Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do
You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
31
Mississippi Fred McDowell
I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion
Good Morning Little School Girl
32
Wilson Pickett
Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do)
A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
It’s the story of evil told in the voice of the blues. All things evil are explored in the voices of gospel, country blues, urban blues, and the folk blues. Evil ways, bad blood, fear, and the depths to which the evil in man’s heart can go are the themes tonight in a show that features the likes of Otis Spann, Elmore James, Henry Truvillion, The Golden Gate Quartet, and many others. All of this coming to you on a cold December evening in Sonoma County.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Howlin' Wolf
Evil
Blues From Hell
2
The Golden Gate Quartet
Atom And Evil (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
3
The Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, baritone/William Langford, tenor/Henry Owens, tenor/Arlandus Wilson, Bass) (Aka "Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet")
The Devil With The Devil
Vol. 3, 1939 (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 3, 1939)
4
Chris Smither
The Devil's Real
A Little On The Cd Side Volume 11
5
Noah Lewis
Devil In The Wood Pile
When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
6
Don Byas's Swig Seven, Albinia Jones
Evil Gal Blues
Savoy Blues 1944-1994 [Disc 1]
7
Dinah Washington
Evil Gal Blues
Gold
8
T-Bone Walker
Evil Hearted Woman (Alt. Take)
The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
9
Champion Jack Dupree
Evil Woman
Blues from the Gutter
10
Doctor Gaddy
Evil Man Blues
Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
11
Otis Spann
Evil Ways
Essential Blues Hits Disc 2
12
Washboard Sam
Evil Blues
Vol. 6 1941 – 1942
13
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
Evil Devil Woman Blues
Vol 4 (1933-34)
14
Moreland & Arbuckle
Mean And Evil
Promised Land Or Bust
15
B.B. King
Mean And Evil
There Is Always One More Time
16
Elmore James
Mean And Evil
Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James
17
Lightnin' Hopkins
Mean and Evil Blues
Texas Guitar Killers Disc 1
18
Blind Boy Fuller
Worried and Evil Man Blues
Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
19
Reverend Gary Davis
Cross And Evil Woman Blues
Southern Country Blues: Down In Boogie Alley [Disc 2]
In the second of two parts, we celebrate the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. This week…”This Little Light Of Mine”, “How I Got Over”, “This Train”, “This Train”, and many more. We’ll play the sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, The Swan Silvertones, and Louis Armstrong. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Hugh Laurie
Didn't It Rain
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
2
Amy Helm
Didn't It Rain
Didn't It Rain
3
Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus
Didn't It Rain
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
4
Abyssinian Baptist Radio Choir
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody, Pts. 1&2
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5
The Blackwood Brothers
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
Southern Gospel Heritage Series: The Blackwood Brothers
6
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
7
Sweet Honey In the Rock
Precious Memories
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
8
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Precious Memories
20th Century Masters – The Best Of
9
Shirley Caesar And Ann Nesby
The Stone
Fighting Temptations
10
The Million Dollar Quartet
Old Time Religion
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
11
The Louvin Brothers
This Little Light Of Mine
Close Harmony [Disc 3]
12
Sam Cooke
This Little Light Of Mine
Sam Cooke At the Copa
13
Sam Cooke
That's Heaven To Me
The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
14
Sam Cooke
Touch The Hem Of His Garment
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
15
Al Kooper
Touch The Hem Of His Garment
Naked Songs
16
The Swan Silvertones
Mary Don't You Weep
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
17
Long John Baldry
Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Remembering Leadbelly
18
Bruce Springsteen
O Mary Don't You Weep
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
19
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This Train
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
20
Linda Gail Lewis
This Train
Hard Rocking Woman
21
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Joshua Fit The Battle
American Roots Music [Disc 3]
22
Mahalia Jackson
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho [Album Version]
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
23
Louis Armstrong
Bye and Bye
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24
The Golden Gate Quartet
Bye and Bye Little Children
Vol. 2 (1938-1939)
25
Reverend Robert Ballinger
How I Got Over
1950s Gospel Classics
26
Clara Ward & Ward Singers
How I Got Over
I Feel the Holy Spirit
27
The Chambers Brothers
People Get Ready
Roots Of Folk
28
Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
People Get Ready
Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
29
The Selah Singers
He's My Rock, Sword And Shield
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
30
The Selah Singers
I'll Be Satisfied
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
31
The Dixie Hummingbirds
Let's Go Out to the Programs (Single)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
It’s a two part celebration of the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. There just was not enough time to capture the great songs like “I’ll Fly Away”, “This Train”, “Please In The Valley”, “Down By The Riverside”, and so many others in just a single episode…so we broke it into two parts which is still barely enough. We’ll play the influential sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Chet Atkins, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, and the CBS Trumpeteers. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The Golden Gate Quartet
Rock My Soul
The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD2]
2
Reverend Robert Ballinger
This Train
1950s Gospel Classics
3
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
This Train
Vintage Collections
4
Ricky Nelson
Glory Train
Legacy [Disc 2]
5
The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
I Want To Ride That Glory Train
Shakin' The Rafters
6
Mahalia Jackson
I'm on My Way To Canaan
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
7
Chet Atkins
On My Way to Canaan's Land
The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]
8
The Dillards
I'll Fly Away
There Is A Time: 1963-70
9
Willie and Bobbie Nelson
I'll Fly Away
Farther Along
10
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
I'll Fly Away
Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion
11
The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Amazing Grace
Spirit Of The Century
12
Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
Amazing Grace
Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2]
13
The Golden Gate Quartet
Swing Down, Chariot (1946)
Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
14
Elvis Presley
Swing Down Sweet Chariot
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
15
Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
16
CBS Trumpeteers
Milky White Way
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
17
Mahalia Jackson
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Something to Believe In
18
Fern Jones
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
The Glory Road
19
Mike Farris
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Salvation in Lights
20
Bonnie Guitar
Down By the Riverside
The Velvet Lounge – By the Fireside
21
Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Down by the Riverside
The Gospel of Blues
22
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers
There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
23
Johnny Cash
Peace In The Valley
Gospel Glory
24
Elvis Presley
Peace in the Valley
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
25
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Uncloudy Day
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
26
The Staple Singers
Uncloudy Day
Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
27
Smith Jubilee Singers
Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Smith Jubilee Singers
The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
28
Willie Nelson
Just a Little Walk With Jesus
Old Time Religion
29
Loretta Lynn
Old Time Religion
All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 2]
30
Reverend James Cleveland And The Caravans
Old Time Religion
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
31
Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus
Didn't It Rain
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
32
Fern Jones
Didn't It Rain
The Glory Road
33
Elvis Presley
Joshua Fit The Battle
Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
The second installment in our exploration of the Alan Lomax book of the same name, this time focusing our energies on tradition in gospel and spiritual. Leader-chorus work songs to lighten the load of heavy labor; dancing songs to quicken the spirit on those rare holidays; and spirituals to replace their lost African religions and to console in times of physical torment and spiritual degradation are all captured here, including the stories and lineage behind the original pieces. We’ll hear from a diverse selection of performers including The Dixie Jubilee Singers, Odetta, Nina Simone, Tom Waits, Eva Cassidy, and many others.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Fisk Jubilee Singers
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
The Gold and Blue Album
2
Bessemer Sunset Four
Climbing Jacob's Ladder
Bessemer Sunset Four (1928-1930)
3
Kenneth Benfield
Jacob's Ladder (Folk)
Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
4
Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger
