The Gospel Plough XVII
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Eleanor Dickinson’s Revival! (Collage)
Collage of drawings, photographs, and tapes of Southern revival meetings with recordings of creek baptism, snake handling, foot washing, casting out devils, speaking in tongues, and dancing in ecstasy created by artist Eleanor Dickinson. Pentecostal Videotape and Audiotape Collection (NMAH.AC.0199, ref22) Chapters The Gadarene Demoniac (0:02) Preacher Rev. Roger Powell opens mid-sermon, expounding on the…
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Eleanor Dickinson’s Revival! Videotapes
Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson’s *Revival!* project is best known for its large drawings and black-velvet pastels of Pentecostal and Holiness worship. But from the late 1960s she also built a substantial body of video and audio recordings documenting the same world in motion and sound.
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The Gospel Plough XV
This weekend is Pfingsten or Pentecost, time for a new Country Gospel Podcast Mix. I don’t know enough about this holy day, but I know that “BE YE FILLED” has to do with it, “how the”be being filled with the Holy Ghost”. The music comes partially from my own record transfers, trades with other collectors,…
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Dwayne and Melba Miller
An eBay seller told me about a gospel duo from Arkansas with an albumcover as unique as the Louvin Brothers’ Satan Is Real – complete with the cartoonish depiction of the devil and the pile of burning garbage that hell is supposed to be. I was intrigued, searched the internet, and didn’t find much besides…
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Get Away Jordan
The first time I heard “Get Away Jordan” was on an obscure gospel album from West Virginia. I knew it was a White gospel group, but it sounded like a Black group. After some research, it became clear that it is indeed a traditional African American spiritual gospel song. However, I discovered another interesting connection…
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The Gospel Plough XIV
Somewhere in the (server) clouds of the internet hides a podcast called The Gospel Plough (this one). It came from my desire to make mixtapes, which might be the wrong term here, but every middle-aged man made them in the eighties and nineties, and many middle-aged women received them. Not with this kind of music,…
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A Night of Music (Photo Collection)
An interesting collection of photos of musicians playing at a church service. The room looks like it might be a temporary space, but it’s hard to say for sure. Photos found on eBay – more people posing with instruments on this Vintage Musicians tumblr.
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The Ritchie and Shepherd Gospel Singers
As with many notable gospel recordings from the so-called “hillbilly” rural country-gospel field, whose origins lie in Appalachia, the early work of the Ritchie and Shepherd Gospel Singers was first introduced on the internet by the YouTube channel Fixed Elsewhere. This channel uploaded tracks from their debut album, A Man of Sorrow. The Ritchie and…
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Ella Hanshaw’s Black Book
A beautiful release of Ella Hanshaw’s home recordings from her big and her little black book. This release features original gospel songs and secular country tunes that appear to span several decades. In addition to a few semi-professional recordings with her gospel group, the Hallelujah Hill Quartet, most tracks are simple tape recordings “made in…
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Preaching by the Roadside
Five different versions of the same song, by Joe And Blanche Lewis, The Smith Trio, The Ritchie And Shepherd Gospel Singers, The Looper Trio, The McCreary Gospel Singers and a field recording of an Unknown Singer from Berea, KY. 1.Preaching by the roadside, under a tree;Folks come along and make a mock of me.They say…
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Documentary: Chase the Devil: Religious Music of the Southern Appalachians, 1983
Amazing documentation about the music and the people of the Southern Appalachians. An exploration of the religious music of the southern Appalachian mountains, and the conflict between the sacred, political, and profane. Religious music of the South Appalachians covers a wide panorama. At one extreme, the fundamentalist Baptists regard any music as “the devil’s work,”…
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The Mountain Four – The Last Mile Of The Way
High-lonesome gospel esoterica from West Virginia on Salem Records. The group started in 1948, and this seems to be their first album, released in 1964. A little bit of an odd mix, with the guitars in the foreground, as if they were too close to the microphone. Nonetheless, a handful of good songs, beautiful mountain…
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Gospel Record Transfers, Part 1
A fellow record collector and contributor to this blog (thanks Devon) gifted me a stack of gospel records. In my attempt to digitize as many records as possible, I went on and transferred a bunch of them, cleaned them up a little (the click removal these days is so much better than 15 or so…
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Walter Brown And Daughter Theda – Gospel Singing “Why Not Make Heaven Your Home”
While Walter Brown and Son Floyd’s 45 on Melody Records is raw country gospel, this album by Brown with his daughter is much more calm and piano based. Theda Brown became a gospel singer herself. What’s the proper sub-genre to describe this kind of gospel music, just gospel? Quite a rare album, I believe. Enjoy!…
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The Pilgrim Aires Trio – The Third Man
This Kingsport, TN trio consists of William E. Osborne on lead vocals and guitar, his wife Marlyn Jean on alto, and Ronnie East handling tenor and occasional bass parts. There is an self-titled album out there on the Jayla Records label out of Georgia, which might be their debut, this one on the Bibletone Record…
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Blue Grass Gospel By The Country Valley Singers
A decent bluegrass gospel album on the Crusade Enterprise/Records label out of Illinois. The Country Valley Singers Leonard Smith, Pete Price, Mary Martin, Bob Martin, and Gene Weeks Bluegrass gospel music (often referred to as country or mountain music) is one of the most popular genres today. During the recording session, The Country Valley Singers…
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The Singing Burke Family – By Faith I Believe
Beautiful debut album by The Singing Burke Family from Bypro, Kentucky. The Singing Burke Family – Clinging To A Saving Hand By Faith I Believe by The Singing Burke Family Today, we are beset with fad religions, false prophets, fake gurus, and complicated religious doctrines that are confusing, and often, misleading. There are so many…
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The Gospel Plough – Mystery Mixtapes
I love making mixes for myself and, while I’m at it, for others as well. Over the years I tried several formats for digital mixtapes. There was 8tracks (dead), mixcloud (wants money), a zip with mp3 files (only nerds download music files) and YouTube (advertising hell and bad UX). I now ended up with a…
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Byon F. Smiddy – He Called My Name
Harlan Co., KY born, Detroit, MI implant Byon F. Smiddy on Tommy Crank’s IRMA label. On this record, Bro. Byon sings and plays many of his own songs in the Bluegrass Gospel style. Byon F. Smiddy – Jesus Said To Pray He Called My Name by BYON F. SMIDDY IRMA Records – Compatible Stereo ILP-107…
