"GOSPEL" VOL. 3 - GUITAR EVEANGELISTS & BLUESMEN 1927-1944

Where the first collection in Fremeaux & Associes' gospel series, Gospel, Vol. 1: 1926-1942, was a nice overview of many different styles of gospel and the second edition, Gospel, Vol. 2: Gospel Quartets 1921-1942, focused solely on vocal quartets, the third collection enjoys many of the benefits of diversity featured on volume one, while implementing a similar focus on one section within the whole of gospel recordings. Gospel, Vol. 3: Guitar Evangelists and Bluesmen 1927-1944 is centered all around gospel guitarists -- which, by all means, is nothing groundbreaking as far as a collection of early recordings is concerned, but where Fremeaux & Associes ups the ante is in the care they've put into piecing these particular tracks together. The two-disc collection is one of the few where Blind Joe Taggart, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sleepy John Estes, Skip James, Kid Prince Moore, and Memphis Minnie actually appear side by side, which makes it a fine set of songs for any collector of early recorded music. (Allmusic)

trax CD 1:
1. God's Gonna Separate The Wheat From The Tares - Blind Joe Taggart 2. Religion Is Something Within You - Blind Joe Taggart 3. Men Don't Forget Your Wives For Your Sweetheart - Reverend Edward Clayborn 4. It's Nobody Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson 5. Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson 6. How Much I Owe - Lonnie McIntorsh 7. When That Great Ship Went Down - William & Versey Smith 8. Rock Of Ages - Willie Davis 9. Mother's Prayer - A.C. Forehand 10. Go Wash In The Beautiful Stream - Reverend Moses Mason 11. Where He Leads Me I Will Follow - Blind Willie Harris 12. Praise God I'm Satisfied - Blind Willie Johnson 13. You Can't Hide - Mother McCollum 14. Pure Religion - Blind Gussie Nesbitt 15. You Can Go Home - Reverend Gary Davis 16. O Lord Search My Heart - Reverend Gary Davis 17. Every Body Ought To Pray Sometime - Crumpton & Summers 18. Denomination Blues - Washington Phillips
trax CD 2:
1. Sow Good Seeds - Lil McClintock 2. Jonah In The Wilderness - Henry Thomas 3. Where Shall I Be ? - Blind Lemon Jefferson 4. Prayer Of Death - Charley Patton 5. Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader - Skip James 6. Jesus Blood Can Make Me Whole - Barbecue Bob 7. Give Me That Old Time Religion - Son Bonds 8. When The Saints Go Marching In - Sleepy John Estes 9. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Josh White 10. Lord, I Want To Die Easy - Josh White 11. God Don't Like It - Blind Willie & Kate McTell 12. I Saw The Light - Bull City Red 13. Church Bells - Kid Prince Moore 14. Let Me Ride - Memphis Minnie 15. I'll Be Rested - Blind Roosevelt Graves 16. Done What My Lord Say - Brownie McGhee 17. Let That Liar Alone - Sister Rosetta Tharpe 18. I Want Two Wings - Reverend Utah Smith
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