Gram Parsons w/Emmy Lou Harris In My Hour of Darkness

Gram Parsons w/Emmy Lou Harris In My Hour of Darkness

Yes Brother! Jarring for me, had not heard it before, admittedly I am very narrow minded, that why I here searchin!........Peace.......joe

Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum.

Also enjoy listening on You Tube to Jo Stafford's Old Rugged Cross. Jo was one of the favorite female singers by our Armed Forces during World War 2. There is a fantastic version of Blue Moon by Jo on YouTune too..Her voice and phrasing and the guy on Trombone are excellent.

Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum.

My very first thought regarding this.

And then there is "Oh, Happy Day" by the Edwin Hawkins Singers. Utter joy!

A Love Supreme - John Coltrane

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

Get Together - Youngbloods

Good Shepherd - Jefferson Airplane

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning - Rev. Gary Davis

Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones

and pretty much my entire reggae collection, most notably songs on Heart of the Congos: Row Fisherman Row, the whole record.

Learned of Heart of the Congos on this site a few years back..

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I love many a blues tune that has a religious theme, but the song that jumped in my head initially is from Elvis Presley.

Working On A Building

It never gets tired, tired, tired.

Lay Down(Candles In The Rain)-by Melanie

One Tin Soldier-Coven

Lots of stuff by Rhiannon Giddens,with or without,the Carolina Chocolate Drops

Gram Parsons w/Emmy Lou Harris In My Hour of Darkness

I know Emmylou co-wrote this with GP but I thought Linda Ronstadt did the harmony vocals? Bernie Leadon plays some great dobro on this.

Great song.

Congo Square: Sonny Landreth & Derek Trucks

Day By Day from Godspell

Tuck and Patti----friends in high places.

great tune! check it out

Yes, several, but one that sticks out as a particularly stunning performance is How Great Thou Art > The Old Rugged Cross from his Ridin’ Mighty High album.

Dylan "Saved"

Kristopherson "Why Me?"

David Crowder Band "Shadows"

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I love this song & I bet no one has ever heard of it or the artist.

Amazing Grace Tonight by Mark Cunningham & The Burning Angels

That's the Way God Planned It, Billy Preston
A Song I Haven't Sung, Lonnie Mack
My Jesus Told Me So, MTB
Jesus Is Just Alright, Doobies
Give Me Strength, Eric Clapton

Almost an Angel, from the Original Gangstas soundtrack
most anything from Motel Shot

Speaking of Bonnie, the gospel tunes she, Dickey, Gregg & others did during an April 1979 radio broadcast were powerful, especially
"I am a big Jesus fan
...now Jesus, there was a man"

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“Angel from Montgomery”....Bonnie or Susan

Like to add Van Morrision's "Whenever God Shines His Light". Then again Van's catalogue is full of songs that are rich in spirit.

My all time favorite is "Be Thou My Vision" but here's a recent song:

The Civil Wars: From This Valley -

I was sad when they broke up.

Pretty much the entire Jack Pearson catalog.
This is one that is a part of every show he does.
"Just Believe"
Trust in the Lord, he will watch over you.
But my eyes were so blind that I could not see.
And then he showed me, what he had for me to do.
He said be still, here I am, I'll take care of you
I will take care of you.
Just believe.
Just believe.
Let it all go,
Just believe.

I am spiritual, have definite opinions on religion, and politics, but I tend to never discuss any of that stuff with people, as nobody ever agrees with me, nor me with them. And like Robert Johnson at the crossroads, the devil pops up more in my music than the Good One.

I like the traditional old school gospel religious music. Can't go wrong with any of that! Great Stuff.I
On our Saturday service at church we have a couple of guys that play this stuff on acoustic guitars in a c/w style and they got great voices that just nail that old time feel.

Just a few off the top of my head

Old Rugged Cross
How great thou art
In the garden
What a friend we have in Jesus
Take my handle previous Lord
Break Bread Together
Sweet Hour of Prayer
Nothing But The Blood
Nearer My God to the
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
I Love to Tell The Story
What a Friend we have in Jesus

"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" by Wanda Vick, who plays fiddle, guitar, Dobro, banjo, and mandolin on various recordings. Look her up on https://www.discogs.com/ or https://www.cduniverse.com/ .

Billastro

"Great Is Thy Faithfulness" by Wanda Vick, who plays fiddle, guitar, Dobro, banjo, and mandolin on various recordings. Look her up on https://www.discogs.com/ or https://www.cduniverse.com/ .

Billastro

Good one!!! I forgot about that song!!!!

i believe-the lettermen live

You mentioned voodoo,and I don't know my stuff, but the Dr John "Gris Gris" album sure has a weird and transportative flavor to it. It has 60s psychedelia to it, and I could never tell you where the voodoo ends and the psychedelia begins. But, it sure is a trance-inducing LP.

I love Jeff Tweedy / Uncle Tupelo/ Wilco twist of the olde song "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down":

and he wrote a great song for Mavis Staples that sure works for me as modern gospel:

This is Wilco doing Woody Guthrie's "Another Man's Done Gone," another great white boy gospel:

Other choices might be "Will the Circle be Unbroken," many songs by the Band and Dylan and Van Morrison.

And this is great spiritual unearthed during Wilco & Bragg's work with the Woody Guthrie archive, but they found it was written pre-Woody:

Not THE best video quality, but a great video.

Mississippi John Hurt "Since I've Laid My Burden Down"

Mississippi John Hurt "I Shall Not Be Moved"

Wet Willie - Trust In The Lord

If that don't get you moving you may already be dead!