Description
Flowing from the same bedrock of experience, blues & gospel music have long been closely connected. This Rough Guide features legendary artists who straddled the line between the music of worship and the blues.
Track Listing :
Rough Guide to Spiritual Blues
01 - Blind Willie Johnson: Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed 03:1202 - Reverend Gary Davis: I Am The True Vine 03:15
03 - Blind Joe Taggart: Religion Is Something Within You 02:44
04 - Rev. Edward W. Clayborn: You Never Will Know Who Is Your Friend 02:44
05 - Josh White: I Don't Intend To Die In Egyptland 02:56
06 - Bessie Smith: Moan, You Moaners 03:11
07 - Blind Willie McTell & Curley Weaver: Lord Have Mercy If You Please 02:56
08 - Lonnie McIntorsh: The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah 03:05
09 - Blind Roosevelt Graves: Take Your Burdens To The Lord 03:13
10 - Memphis Minnie: When The Saints Go Marching Home 03:04
11 - Dennis Crumpton And Robert Summers: Go I'll Send Thee 02:38
12 - Blind Boy Fuller: Jesus Is A Holy Man 02:47
13 - Charley Patton: Prayer Of Death (Part 1) 03:03
14 - Eddie Head And His Family: Tryin' To Get Home 03:05
15 - Son Bonds: Give Me That Old Time Religion 02:54
16 - Thomas A. Dorsey: If You See My Saviour 02:49
17 - Rev. I.B. Ware With Wife And Son: I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself) 02:56
18 - Blind Willie Davis: Your Enemy Cannot Harm You 03:06
19 - Mother McCollum: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! 02:53
20 - Kid Prince Moore: Sign Of Judgement 02:56
21 - Washington Phillips: A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter 02:53
22 - Blind Gussie Nesbit: Canaan Land 03:22
23 - Daniel Brown with Blind Blake: Beulah Land 03:08
24 - A.C. & Blind Mamie Forehand: I'm So Glad Today 02:37
25 - Blind Lemon Jefferson: I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart 03:02
26 - Rev. Emmett Dickenson: Death Of Blind Lemon 03:16
Blues
Age Suitability
Young Adult , Thirty-Something , Young At Heart
Ethics
Ethically Produced , FSC