VA - Classic Southern Gospel 2005

These twenty-two tracks of classic southern gospel music present much variety from the Smithsonian Folkways vaults. Dating primarily from the late 1950s and early 1960s, these songs are country or bluegrass gospel as performed and listened to by white family groups. The earliest recorded offering is Wondrous Love, recorded in 1951 by The Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee. The latest recording dates to a 1993 special meeting of the Indian Bottom Assn. of Old Regular Baptists singing I'm Going to a City. Extensive liner notes (25 pages total) provide an introduction to the music, the 19th Century roots of the music, publishing companies, quartets, pentecostalism, modern southern gospel, song notes, and suggestions for further listening and reading.
(Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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VA - Classic Southern Gospel 2005
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

1. Bill Monroe / I'm Working on a Building
2. Dock Boggs / No Disappointments in Heaven
3. Old Harp Singers of Eastern Tennessee / Wondrous Love
4. Red Allen / Are You Washed in the Blood?
5. Harry & Jeanie West / What Are They Doing in Heaven Today?
6. The Watson Family / The Lost Soul
7. Ernest V. Stoneman / Hallelujah Side
8. The Country Gentlemen / Walking in Jerusalem (Just Like John)
9. The Lilly Brothers / Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready
10. Bill Monroe / When He Reached Down His Hand for Me
11. The Phipps Family / Away Over in the Promised Land
12. Kilby Snow / No Tears in Heaven
13. Tom Morgan / Old Country Church
14. DeBusk-Weaver Family / Glory to the Lamb
15. Doc Watson / Amazing Grace
16. The Poplin Family / River of Jordan
17. Allen Brothers / Shake Hands With Mother Again
18. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard / Gabriel's Call
19. Bill Monroe / What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?
20. The Stancer Quartet / He Said, If You Love Me, Feed My Sheep
21. The Country Gentlemen / I Am a Pilgrim
22. Indian Bottom Association Members / I'm Going to a City