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…
A reader of the blog notified me about a “GET RIGHT WITH GOD” cross on I-65, Wolcott, Indiana. He noted that this might be a copycat marker and according to Google Street View it does look indeed newer, and it’s not Mayes style, and it’s on an Interstate instead of an older highway. Certainly, whoever…
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!…
Dallas Alexander was a prominent figure in the Ohio bluegrass scene, born in Jackson County, Kentucky. He began playing guitar at age 14 and moved to Ohio in 1954. After his spiritual conversion in 1961, Alexander devoted his music to spreading the gospel message. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, Alexander recorded and produced several albums…
Couldn’t locate the cross on google streetview but it must have been around here: https://goo.gl/maps/nmemsHV5fMZEdULQ7 Cross is now at the museum https://goo.gl/maps/NNfPR6GDEWtiZMrK7 Public sentiment leads to old cross staying, new cross planned – Blessings in disguise Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:00 AM By NANCY WHITAKER Progress Feature Writer CECIL – The old cross sign…
