Name: Fire in My Bones: Raw Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-200
Brand: Tompkins Square
SKU: 1259586
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Fire in My Bones

Raw Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-200

By Various Artists

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Format

CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Release Date

27 October 2009

Album: Fire in My Bones: Raw Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-200
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Peace in the Valley - Rev. Lonnie Farris
2)	Rock and Roll Sermon - Elder Charles D. Beck/Elder Beck
3)	If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again - Rev. Anderson Johnson
4)	I'm a Soldier - The Phillips' Specials
5)	How Long - Sister Ola Mae Terrell/Sister O.M. Terrell
6)	Better Get Ready - Elder R. Wilson & Family
7)	So Glad - Rev. Robert Ballinger
8)	Wasn't That a Mystery - Madison County Senior Center Singers
9)	When the Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant
10)	Get Back Satan - Rev. Roger L. Worthy & His Sister Bonnie Woodstock/Rev. Roger L. Worthy/Bonnie Woodstock
11)	I Got a Telephone in My Bosom - Amazing Farmer Singers of Chicago
12)	I Made a Vow to the Lord - Rev. Steward & Family
13)	You've Got to Move (When the Lord Gets Ready) - Two Gospel Keys
14)	Down by the Riverside - Snooks Eaglin
15)	Stand by Me - Sister Mathews
16)	Wicked Shall Cease from Troubling, The - Nathaniel Rivers
17)	That's Alright (Since My Soul Has Got a Seat Up in the Kingdom) - Laura Rivers
18)	Why Sorrow Done Passed Me Around - Georgia Fife and Drum Band
19)	Don't Let Him Ride - Mississippi Nightingales
20)	He's Coming Back - The Brinson Brothers/Elder & Sister Brinson
21)	By His Word - The Holmes Sisters
22)	Where Could I Go - Lucille Barbee
23)	Stand by Me - George Shields & His Gospel Singers/Brother George & His Sanctified Singers
24)	I'll Never Turn Back - Shelby Bransford Jr./Singing Son of Zion
25)	You Without Sin Cast the First Stone - Isaiah Owens
26)	Storm Thru Mississippi - Henry Green
27)	I'm Pressing On - Brother Willie Blue
1)	Jesus' Blood - Golden Stars
2)	Glory Glory Hallelujah - Napoleon Strickland
3)	John Saw - Grant & Ella
4)	Since He Touched Me - The Shaw Singers
5)	God's Mighty Hand - Rev. Utah Smith
6)	What Can I Do Without the Lord - Ray Branch
7)	Angels - Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers
8)	Truth in the Gospel, The - Goldie Haynes & Choir/Goldia Haynes
9)	Walk with Me - Rayborn Brothers Quintet
10)	Spirit of the Lord - The Abraham Brothers
11)	I've Got Heaven on My Mind - Hickory Bottom Harmoneers
12)	In God's House - Sisters of Song
13)	Does Jesus Care - Marie Knight
14)	If I Could Not Say a Word - Joe Townsend
15)	Where the Sun Never Goes Down - Willie J. Williams/Willie Mae Williams
16)	Heard It Through the True Vine - Flora Molton
17)	Father, I Stretch My Arm to Thee - Rev. G.W. Killens & Mt. Calvary Congregation/Mt. Calvary Congregation/Rev. G.W. Killens
18)	Nobody Knows - Robert Brown & the Sons of the South/Robert Brown/Sons of the South
19)	How Much I Owe - The Radio Four
20)	My Testimony - Abner Jay
21)	I Love the Lord - Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church Congregation
22)	Same Man - The Gospel Writers
23)	I Know I Got Religion - Hogman Maxey/Andy Mosely
24)	He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield - Fannie Bell Chapman
25)	Working on a Building - Rev. Louis Overstreet
26)	Lord, Hold My Hand - True Loving Five
27)	Fire Shed in My Bones - Boyd Rivers
1)	Power Is in the Heart of Man - Brother & Sister W.B. Grate
2)	Don't Let the Devil Ride - Ike Gordon
3)	Holy Rock - Reverend Billy H. Grady
4)	Pray on, My Child - Willamette Gospel Singers
5)	Jesus Is Sweet to Me - Sensational Skylights
6)	I Want to Live (So God Can Use Me) - Willie Eason/Brother Willie Eason
7)	I'm Just a Voice - Helen McGiver & The McGiver Singers
8)	You Ought to Been There - The B.C. Harmonizers
9)	You Better Get Ready - The Bible Aires Spiritual Singers
10)	Help Me - Lula Collins
11)	So Soon - Little Ax & The Golden Echoes
12)	Rock Daniels - Eric McDaniel/Bishop McDonald
13)	Very Last Mile, The - John Boswell & The True Sounding Boswellettes
14)	What God Can Do - Leon Pinson
15)	Let the Redeemed Say So - Reverend John Wilkins/Rev. John Wilkins
16)	Sweet Home - E.L. Burtis
17)	Little Old Fashioned, A - Elizabeth Phillips
18)	How Long - Charles White
19)	At a Time Like This [Part 1] - Isaac Haney & the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir/Isaac Haney/Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
20)	God Rode in the Windstorm - James Earle Hines Goodwill Singers
21)	Go Devil Go - Ira Mae Littlejohn
22)	This Train - Elder Samuel Patterson & The Christian Crusaders
23)	Victory Shall Be Mine - Straight Street Holiness Group
24)	Lord Is My Shepherd, The - Mosby Family Singers
25)	Some Sweet Day - Perry Tillis
26)	Swing Low - Theotis Taylor

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Album: Fire in My Bones: Raw Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-200
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Peace in the Valley - Rev. Lonnie Farris
2)	Rock and Roll Sermon - Elder Charles D. Beck/Elder Beck
3)	If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again - Rev. Anderson Johnson
4)	I'm a Soldier - The Phillips' Specials
5)	How Long - Sister Ola Mae Terrell/Sister O.M. Terrell
6)	Better Get Ready - Elder R. Wilson & Family
7)	So Glad - Rev. Robert Ballinger
8)	Wasn't That a Mystery - Madison County Senior Center Singers
9)	When the Saints Go Marching In - Precious Bryant
10)	Get Back Satan - Rev. Roger L. Worthy & His Sister Bonnie Woodstock/Rev. Roger L. Worthy/Bonnie Woodstock
11)	I Got a Telephone in My Bosom - Amazing Farmer Singers of Chicago
12)	I Made a Vow to the Lord - Rev. Steward & Family
13)	You've Got to Move (When the Lord Gets Ready) - Two Gospel Keys
14)	Down by the Riverside - Snooks Eaglin
15)	Stand by Me - Sister Mathews
16)	Wicked Shall Cease from Troubling, The - Nathaniel Rivers
17)	That's Alright (Since My Soul Has Got a Seat Up in the Kingdom) - Laura Rivers
18)	Why Sorrow Done Passed Me Around - Georgia Fife and Drum Band
19)	Don't Let Him Ride - Mississippi Nightingales
20)	He's Coming Back - The Brinson Brothers/Elder & Sister Brinson
21)	By His Word - The Holmes Sisters
22)	Where Could I Go - Lucille Barbee
23)	Stand by Me - George Shields & His Gospel Singers/Brother George & His Sanctified Singers
24)	I'll Never Turn Back - Shelby Bransford Jr./Singing Son of Zion
25)	You Without Sin Cast the First Stone - Isaiah Owens
26)	Storm Thru Mississippi - Henry Green
27)	I'm Pressing On - Brother Willie Blue
1)	Jesus' Blood - Golden Stars
2)	Glory Glory Hallelujah - Napoleon Strickland
3)	John Saw - Grant & Ella
4)	Since He Touched Me - The Shaw Singers
5)	God's Mighty Hand - Rev. Utah Smith
6)	What Can I Do Without the Lord - Ray Branch
7)	Angels - Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers
8)	Truth in the Gospel, The - Goldie Haynes & Choir/Goldia Haynes
9)	Walk with Me - Rayborn Brothers Quintet
10)	Spirit of the Lord - The Abraham Brothers
11)	I've Got Heaven on My Mind - Hickory Bottom Harmoneers
12)	In God's House - Sisters of Song
13)	Does Jesus Care - Marie Knight
14)	If I Could Not Say a Word - Joe Townsend
15)	Where the Sun Never Goes Down - Willie J. Williams/Willie Mae Williams
16)	Heard It Through the True Vine - Flora Molton
17)	Father, I Stretch My Arm to Thee - Rev. G.W. Killens & Mt. Calvary Congregation/Mt. Calvary Congregation/Rev. G.W. Killens
18)	Nobody Knows - Robert Brown & the Sons of the South/Robert Brown/Sons of the South
19)	How Much I Owe - The Radio Four
20)	My Testimony - Abner Jay
21)	I Love the Lord - Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church Congregation
22)	Same Man - The Gospel Writers
23)	I Know I Got Religion - Hogman Maxey/Andy Mosely
24)	He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield - Fannie Bell Chapman
25)	Working on a Building - Rev. Louis Overstreet
26)	Lord, Hold My Hand - True Loving Five
27)	Fire Shed in My Bones - Boyd Rivers
1)	Power Is in the Heart of Man - Brother & Sister W.B. Grate
2)	Don't Let the Devil Ride - Ike Gordon
3)	Holy Rock - Reverend Billy H. Grady
4)	Pray on, My Child - Willamette Gospel Singers
5)	Jesus Is Sweet to Me - Sensational Skylights
6)	I Want to Live (So God Can Use Me) - Willie Eason/Brother Willie Eason
7)	I'm Just a Voice - Helen McGiver & The McGiver Singers
8)	You Ought to Been There - The B.C. Harmonizers
9)	You Better Get Ready - The Bible Aires Spiritual Singers
10)	Help Me - Lula Collins
11)	So Soon - Little Ax & The Golden Echoes
12)	Rock Daniels - Eric McDaniel/Bishop McDonald
13)	Very Last Mile, The - John Boswell & The True Sounding Boswellettes
14)	What God Can Do - Leon Pinson
15)	Let the Redeemed Say So - Reverend John Wilkins/Rev. John Wilkins
16)	Sweet Home - E.L. Burtis
17)	Little Old Fashioned, A - Elizabeth Phillips
18)	How Long - Charles White
19)	At a Time Like This [Part 1] - Isaac Haney & the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir/Isaac Haney/Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church
20)	God Rode in the Windstorm - James Earle Hines Goodwill Singers
21)	Go Devil Go - Ira Mae Littlejohn
22)	This Train - Elder Samuel Patterson & The Christian Crusaders
23)	Victory Shall Be Mine - Straight Street Holiness Group
24)	Lord Is My Shepherd, The - Mosby Family Singers
25)	Some Sweet Day - Perry Tillis
26)	Swing Low - Theotis Taylor

EAN

0894807002271

Writer

Various Artists

Producer

Mike McGonigal

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Label

Tompkins Square

Dimensions

12.7 x 14.6 x 1.3 centimetres (0.09 kg)

Performer Notes

Liner Note Author: Mike McGonigal.
Photographers: Axel Kuestner; Mark Weber.
Fire in My Bones is an absolutely magnificent gospel music collection. Not because its quality is consistently high -- it isn't -- but precisely because everything about it is so delightfully all-over-the-place. If your experience with African-American gospel music has been mainly limited to incidental encounters with the Golden Gate Quartet or Mahalia Jackson, then prepare to be startled: on this sprawling three-disc set, which covers more than 60 years of mostly obscure gospel recordings, you'll hear the deeply spooky "Wasn't That a Mystery" (performed by the Madison County Senior Center Singers), the even spookier "Get Back Satan" (by Rev. Roger L. Worthy and his sister Bonnie Woodstock), the heartrendingly beautiful "Does Jesus Care" (by Marie Knight), and the irresistibly funky "Help Me" (by Lula Collins). In a few instances the sound quality is poor enough to be a barrier to enjoyment of the music, but in most cases where the recording is particularly ragged, it only adds to the music's often otherworldly beauty. A few tracks, such as the Rev. Utah Smith's "God's Mighty Hand" and the jaw-dropping "Prayer (Excerpt)/I Love the Lord," blur the distinction between sermon and song -- on the latter track, the congregation's singing rises and falls like an enormous whale coming to the surface. A few of these tracks really are clunkers, but frankly, even those come as something of a relief, giving your ears and heart a moment of rest before being lifted inexorably up again. Fantastic. ~ Rick Anderson

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (p.79) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "The quality of the supercharged music stays at a high level all the way."

Billboard (p.32) - "This three-disc compilation collects 80 recordings of various unpolished styles, in all their haunting glory....Essential for anyone interested in gospel..."

Paste (magazine) (p.67) - "[S]o gritty and genuine that it seems to emanate from below....An equally inspirational and informative document of American soul."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.98) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[C]ompelling....Most of the 80s selections were originally issued on independent regional labels with many of the musicians either street-corner evangelists, storefront church preachers, family bands or congregational groups."