"Holy (4 day!) Week!" (Podcast Title)
Here's to Holy-4-day-Week, for Christians, working stiffs and anyone else...
I wanted to do a gospel history theme for a little while, as I haven't done one in a long time... Black History Month seemed like a good time, but other ideas kept coming like popcorn, so now let's enjoy some thumping, smoking gospel sounds and find out a thing or two about gospel music, it's relationship to established hymns, and such...
I also talked about Thomas Andrew "Georgia Tom" Dorsey, Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist Church, Black Nova Scotian history, and more...
As usual, things started off with a few Canadian selections including a Bob Burchill album with, uh, religious over-and-undertones, which I just picked up and a surprising jam from Measha Brueggergosman on a Jesus tip.
Tonight we heard...
Neil Young - Everybody Knows... / Winterlong- live in Cincinnati '70 from l.p.
Perth County Conspiracy- Crucifixion Cartoon
Bob Burchill (Perth County)- Different Ways, Will I Ever Get to Heaven?
Ellen McIllwaine- Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die
Metropolitan Toronto Police Association Male Chorus/ Bob Wilby, soloist- Introductions, I Saw the Light
Ottawa Police Male Chorus- Introductions, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, O Happy Day
Measha Brueggergosman - Ride On, King Jesus
Joe and Eddie- There's a Meeting Here Tonight - live l.p.
Rev. Gatemouth Moore and his Gospel Singers- Jesus On the Mainline
The Gospelaires- They Won't Believe Believe In Me- raw Akron gospel from an Old reissue of an even older record called Camp Meeting...
Blind Boys of Alabama with Tom Waits- Go Tell It On The Mountain
Donny Brooks and the Rockin Revelators- Live at the Southside Shuffle c.d.- Jesus Satisfies, Power in the Blood, Leaning on the Everlasting...
Montreal Black Youth Community Choir- How I Got Over, Precious Memories
Fisk University Jubilee Quartet- Roll Jordan Roll- 1913, very early gospel rec
The Jubilators- In My Heart
Rev. Utah Smith and his Congregation- I Got Two Wings
The Meditation Singers- Certainly Lord- live
The RSB Gospel Singers- inside the Beautiful Gate
Rosetta Davis w/ James Cleveland and the Charles Fold Singers- Fire- live in Cincinnati, l.p.
Troy Ramey and the Soul Searchers- I Can't Stop Holding On
Tyrone Barkley- Manon Value
Stevie Wonder- live- Have A Talk With God
Rev. Edwin Hawkins Singers- live- Jesus Children of America
Golden Echoes- Packing a Grip
Sensational 5- Coming on Strong Staying Long
Ada Richards- I'm Drunk and Real High I The Spirit of God- ( a favourite )
Voices of Conquest- O Yes My Lord
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