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 | |