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Live bluegrass gospel from 2013 SPGBMA nominees, The Farm Hands Quartet: “He Saw It All”.
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Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott with a Hank Williams tune that’s become a standard of bluegrass gospel repertoire: “House of Gold”.
Some people steal, they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy.
Don’t they know on judgement day
All the gold and silver melt away?What good is gold and silver, too
When your heart’s not pure and true?
Sinner hear me when I say
You better get down on your knees and prayI’d rather be in a deep, dark grave
And know that my poor soul was saved
Than to live in this world in a house of gold
And deny my God and lose my soulSome people steal, they cheat and lie
For wealth and what it will buy.
But don’t they know on the judgement day
All the gold and silver melt away?
Sinner hear me when I say
You better get down on your knees and prayIt’s Gospel Sunday
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Soundtrack to My Funeral, Part 1
I’ll Fly Away
Some glad morning when this life is over
I’ll fly away
To a home on God’s celestial shore
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away)
Chorus
I’ll fly away, fly away, Oh Glory
I’ll fly away (in the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away).
When the shadows of this life have gone
I’ll fly away
Like a bird from prison bars has flown
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away)
Oh how glad and happy when we meet
I’ll fly away
No more cold iron shackles on my feet
I’ll fly away
Just a few more weary days and then,
I’ll fly away;
To a land where joy shall never end,
I’ll fly away (I’ll fly away)It’s Gospel Sunday
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George Jones - Amazing Grace
It’s Gospel Sunday.
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Vestal Goodman and George Jones - Angel Band
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Live bluegrass gospel from The Purple Hulls. The conversation depicted here never actually took place. It’s a comforting reminder that God does things for a reason. That this seemingly cruel ceremony was both type and shadow of the most loving act in all of history. Anyway, the song is “I Just Wanted You to Know”.
God told Abraham, “Take Isaac up the mountain,
“And there make him a sacrifice to Me.”
I know tears fell down and breath was hard to come by
As Abraham was out there on his knees.So hand in hand they carried up the mountain,
And he thought about the pain that lay in store.
Like shattered glass his heart inside was breaking
‘Cause he’d never known a pain like this before.Too soon they reached the spot where they were going,
And he lay Isaac down on his death bed.
His heart raced as he drew the knife to strike him,
But the God of mercy stopped him and He said,(Chorus)
I just wanted you to know exactly how it feels
To watch the son you love walk up a lonely hill
To feel the pain inside as your heart breaks in your chest
To lose the very thing that you love the best.So now you’ve walked the walk and I know you’ll understand
The price that must be paid to correct the sins of man.
Well you know just how I feel when you’re walking up that hill
I just wanted you to know.It’s Gospel Sunday
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Live bluegrass gospel from Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys: “The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn” (followed by “Who’s In Your Heart?”)
The sun is slowly sinking,
The day is almost gone.
Still darkness falls around us,
And we must journey on.(Chorus)
The darkest hour is just before dawn,
The narrow way leads home.
Lay down your soul at Jesus’ feet;
The darkest hour is just before dawn.Like a shepherd out on the mountain
A-watching the sheep down below,
He’s coming back to claim us;
Will you be ready to go?(Chorus)
It’s Gospel Sunday
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Live bluegrass gospel from Uphill Climb, with sn especially meaningful message: “Back To the Cross”.
It’s Sunday Gospel
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Live bluegrass gospel from the Steep Canyon Rangers: “So Happy I’ll Be”.
I’m just waitin’ for the time to come
When all sorrows will be done
Then I’ll be goin’ home
To heaven aboveAnd we shall sing with the angels up there
Tell the Saviour of the love and care
That He had for me
In this world below(Chorus)
So happy I’ll be
When the Savior I shall see
And tell him of his love
That he had for me
No more sorrow grief or pain
All the time will be the same
So happy I’ll be
Forever moreSome happy time just wait and see
My blessed Saviour will come for me
Then I’m goin’ home
To heaven aboveWhere my loved ones have gone before
To that bright and shiny shore
So happy I’ll be
Forever more(Chorus)
So just think of the day my friends
When the saints go marching in
Then I’m going home
To heaven aboveOh, so happy I will be
My blessed Savior I shall see
So happy I’ll be
Forever more(Chorus)
It’s Gospel Sunday
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Live bluegras gospel from Don Rigsby, with a song about how common perceptions of one man’s character ostensibly triumph over reality: “The Gospel According to Luke”.
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Here’s a high-octane version of “Angels Rejoiced,” packed with bluegrass royalty. That’s Rhonda Vincent on lead, Rebecca Lynn Howard on tenor, Carl Jackson on guitar and baritone, and Sam Bush on mandolin.
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Live and whip-smart, it’s bluegrass gospel from the Doerfuls. “Victory In Jesus”.
It’s Gospel Sunday
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Live bluegrass gospel, with handclaps and everything, from Flatt and Scruggs:
“Crying Holy”
It’s Gospel Sunday
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It’s worth listening past the crowd noise to catch this gorgeous rendition of “Pass Me Not”, by one of the best singers in bluegrass today, Dale Ann Bradley.
It’s Gospel Sunday
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Live bluegrass gospel (after a brief introduction) from The Primitive Quartet
“The Half Has Never Been Told”
It’s Gospel Sunday
