Blues Unlimited #154 - Down Home Gospel Favorites

From: Steve Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Length: 01:59:01

Join us for two hours of down home Gospel favorites. From raw and gritty obscurities, to other worldly spirituals and a few classics along the way, it's an uplifting celebration of deep down home Gospel favorites. Read the full description.

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Playing: Blues Unlimited #154 - Down Home Gospel Favorites
From: Steve Franz

Nashboro_566_small As the great Big Bill Broonzy once opined, "There could be no Blues without the Spiritual." In contrast, then, it also follows that without Blues, there could be no Spirituals or Gospel. On this episode of Blues Unlimited, then, we explore the other side of the Blues coin for two enlightening hours of raw, gritty, homespun and otherworldly Gospel favorites. From the greats -- Sister Rosette Tharpe and the Soul Stirrers -- to the down right obscure (Rev. Steward and His Family; Sister Mathews), as well as a couple of good old-fashioned hell-fire and brimstone sermons -- plus a handful of our favorite Blues musicians performing down home Gospel classics -- it's two uplifting hours that you won't want to miss.

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Piece Description

As the great Big Bill Broonzy once opined, "There could be no Blues without the Spiritual." In contrast, then, it also follows that without Blues, there could be no Spirituals or Gospel. On this episode of Blues Unlimited, then, we explore the other side of the Blues coin for two enlightening hours of raw, gritty, homespun and otherworldly Gospel favorites. From the greats -- Sister Rosette Tharpe and the Soul Stirrers -- to the down right obscure (Rev. Steward and His Family; Sister Mathews), as well as a couple of good old-fashioned hell-fire and brimstone sermons -- plus a handful of our favorite Blues musicians performing down home Gospel classics -- it's two uplifting hours that you won't want to miss.

Timing and Cues

Hour 1: 00:00 - 1:00:17
In Cue: "Welcome to Blues Unlimited..."
Out Cue (at 59:17): "...coming up right after this break."

Break (60 second music bed): 59:17 - 1:00:17

Hour 2: 1:00:17 - 1:58:59
In Cue: "Welcome back to the show..."
Out Cue (at 1:54:57): "...next time, right here on Blues Unlimited."

Note: from 1:54:57 to 1:58:59, a song by Mud Boy and the Neutrons, "Let Your Light Shine On Me," closes the show.

Additional Notes:
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Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Go Devil Go	Ira Mae Littlejohn	Modern/Kent Gospel Masters Vol. 2 - Go Devil Go.	P-Vine	1947	02:20
Black Diamond Express To Hell, Pt. 1	Rev. A. W. Nix	Rev. A. W. Nix Vol. 1 (1927-1928).	Document	1927	02:54
Paul And Silas In Jail	Washington Phillips	Roots N' Blues/The Retrospective.	Columbia/Legacy	1927	02:40
Let Your Light Shine On Me	Blind Willie Johnson	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson.	Columbia/Legacy	1929	03:11
Holy Mountain	Elder Otis Jones	American Primitive Vol. 1 - Raw Pre-War Gospel 1926-1936.	Revenant	1936	03:09
I Want Two Wings	Rev. Utah Smith	Slide Guitar Gospel 1944-1964.	Document	1944	03:26
Stand By Me	Sister Mathews	Guitar Evangelists 1928-1951.	Document	1948	02:57
If I Never See You Anymore	Two Gospel Keys	Rock & Roll Sermon.	Memphis Archives	1948	02:49
A Little Old Fashioned	Sister Elizabeth Phillips	Guitar Evangelists 1928-1951.	Document	1952	02:56
Where The Sun Never Goes Down	Willie Mae Williams	The Sanctified Singers Pt. 2.	Blues Classics	1949	02:22
Swing Low Chariot	Sister Ola Mae Terrell	The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel.	Columbia/Legacy	1953	02:36
Lucille Barbee	Where Could I Go	Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007.	Tompkins Square	1953	03:05
Get On The Road To Glory	Tarheel Slim	Dan Pickett & Tarheel Slim.	Flyright	1949	02:19
Ain't It Grand To Live A Christian	Blind Willie McTell	Atlanta Twelve String.	Atlantic	1949	02:39
Needed Time	Lightnin' Hopkins	Jake Head Boogie.	Ace	4950	02:54
There'll Be No Grumblers There	Brother Willie Eason	Guitar Evangelists 1928-1951.	Document	1951	02:36
Storm Passing Over	Evangelist Sister Myrtle Miller & Sister Ella Friday	Rock & Roll Sermon.	Memphis Archives	1950	02:42
Storm Thru Mississippi	Henry Green	Oxford American Music Issue #13.	Oxford American	1951	02:31
Devil In A Flying Machine	The Reverend J.M. Gates	Are You Bound For Heaven Or Hell? The Best Of Reverend J.M. Gates.	Columbia/Legacy	1927	03:11
I Want To Die Easy	Mary Deloach	Carolina Blues & Gospel 1945-1951.	Document	1950	02:27
Does Jesus Care	Marie Knight	Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007.	Tompkins Square	1952	02:33
I Made A Vow To The Lord	Rev. Steward & Family	Rock & Roll Sermon.	Memphis Archives	5354	02:56
Rock & Roll Sermon	Elder Beck	It Came From Memphis.	Manteca	1956	04:37
Walkin' & Talkin' With Jesus	The Angel Voices	The Complete Meteor Blues, R&B & Gospel Recordings.	Ace	1954	03:28
Angels	Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers	Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007.	Tompkins Square	1950	02:15
Satisfied	The Harmonizers	Modern/Kent Gospel Masters Vol. 1 - Jesus Is Listening.	P-Vine	1951	02:59
How Much I Owe	The Radio Four	The Radio Four Collection.	Nashboro	1955	02:22
Where Shall I Be When The First Trumpet Sounds	Dan Smith	Good Morning Blues.	Biograph	1975	03:41
Jesus Is On The Mainline	Mississippi Fred McDowell	I Do Not Play No Rock And Roll.	Capitol	1969	03:40
Glory Glory Hallelujah	Napoleon Strickland	Mississippi Folk Voices.	Southern Culture	1972	02:07
I'm Going To Build Right On That Shore	Roosevelt Holts	Presenting The Country Blues.	Blue Horizon	1966	01:54
Peace In The Valley	Rev. Lonnie Farris	Slide Guitar Gospel 1944-1964.	Document	1963	02:49
The Last Mile Of The Way	The Soul Stirrers	The Last Mile Of The Way.	Specialty	1955	03:01
Strange Things Happening Everyday	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Original Soul Sister.	Proper	1944	02:53
Let Your Light Shine On Me	Mud Boy & The Neutrons	It Came From Memphis Vol. 2.	Birdman	1992	04:02

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