Sunday, 2/7/10

This morning, like every Sunday morning, gospel will fill the air in churches all over Chicago’s south and west sides, including the Life Center Church of God in Christ at 5500 S. Indiana, where, at 11 a.m., this man will take the pulpit.

T. L. Barrett, “Like A Ship,” live, 2009, Chicago

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T. L. Barrett

Vernard Johnson

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Rev. Utah Smith

In the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), they take Psalm 149 to heart: “Sing to the Lord a new song . . . mak[e] melody to him with tambourine and lyre [and guitar and saxophone and anything else you can get your hands on].”