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
26	Sister O. M. Terrell	God's Little Birds	Country Gospel 1946-1953
27	Rev. Gary Davis	Get Right Church	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
28	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
29	Blind Willie McTell	Lord Have Mercy If You Please	Pig 'n Whistle Red
30	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
31	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Saviour Don't Pass Me By	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
32	Big Joe Williams	King Jesus	Shake Your Boogie