Sunday, 6/17/12

by musicclipoftheday

four takes

“I’ll Fly Away,” Albert E. Brumley, 1929 (publ. 1932)

Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley
Live (TV show), 1980

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The Caravans (feat. Shirley Caesar)
Recording, 1964

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Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley
Live, Virginia (Coeburn), 1970s (?)

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Aretha Franklin
Live (Albertina Walker’s home-going service), Chicago, 2010

(This last clip was originally posted on 10/24/10, shortly after Albertina Walker, the leader of the Caravans, passed away.)