Episode 54 - "Holy (4 day!) Week!"

Veritable Infusion

"Holy (4 day!) Week!" (Podcast Title) Here's to Holy-4-day-Week, for Christians, working stiffs and anyone else... I wanted to do a gospel history theme for a little while, as I haven't done one in a long time... Black History Month seemed like a good time, but other ideas kept coming like popcorn, so now let's enjoy some thumping, smoking gospel sounds and find out a thing or two about gospel music, it's relationship to established hymns, and such... I also talked about Thomas Andrew "Georgia Tom" Dorsey, Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist Church, Black Nova Scotian history, and more... As usual, things started off with a few Canadian selections including a Bob Burchill album with, uh, religious over-and-undertones, which I just picked up and a surprising jam from Measha Brueggergosman on a Jesus tip. Tonight we heard... Neil Young - Everybody Knows... / Winterlong- live in Cincinnati '70 from l.p. Perth County Conspiracy- Crucifixion Cartoon Bob Burchill (Perth County)- Different Ways, Will I Ever Get to Heaven? Ellen McIllwaine- Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, Nobody Wants to Die Metropolitan Toronto Police Association Male Chorus/ Bob Wilby, soloist- Introductions, I Saw the Light Ottawa Police Male Chorus- Introductions, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, O Happy Day Measha Brueggergosman - Ride On, King Jesus Joe and Eddie- There's a Meeting Here Tonight - live l.p. Rev. Gatemouth Moore and his Gospel Singers- Jesus On the Mainline The Gospelaires- They Won't Believe Believe In Me- raw Akron gospel from an Old reissue of an even older record called Camp Meeting... Blind Boys of Alabama with Tom Waits- Go Tell It On The Mountain Donny Brooks and the Rockin Revelators- Live at the Southside Shuffle c.d.- Jesus Satisfies, Power in the Blood, Leaning on the Everlasting... Montreal Black Youth Community Choir- How I Got Over, Precious Memories Fisk University Jubilee Quartet- Roll Jordan Roll- 1913, very early gospel rec The Jubilators- In My Heart Rev. Utah Smith and his Congregation- I Got Two Wings The Meditation Singers- Certainly Lord- live The RSB Gospel Singers- inside the Beautiful Gate Rosetta Davis w/ James Cleveland and the Charles Fold Singers- Fire- live in Cincinnati, l.p. Troy Ramey and the Soul Searchers- I Can't Stop Holding On Tyrone Barkley- Manon Value Stevie Wonder- live- Have A Talk With God Rev. Edwin Hawkins Singers- live- Jesus Children of America Golden Echoes- Packing a Grip Sensational 5- Coming on Strong Staying Long Ada Richards- I'm Drunk and Real High I The Spirit of God- ( a favourite ) Voices of Conquest- O Yes My Lord Veritable Infusion: CIUT.FM Mondays 8-10pm, A party featuring rare cuts of funk, reggae, jazz, soul, blues, traditional & modern African music. Your donations pledged through paypal go 100% directly to CIUT.FM fund-drives and support community Radio. Original Broadcast: March 30, 2015.