testify!
Pastor J. R. Jones, “This Joy I Have,” live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God), 1992
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
Canton Spirituals, “Mississippi Poor Boy,” live, Memphis, 2014
Rev. Dennis “Clay” Jackson (vocals), Rev. Charlie Jackson (guitar), “Lord, You’ve Been Good to Me,” live, Mississippi (Gloster), 1987
yesterday, Chicago
“You Can’t Make Me Doubt Him,” unknown group, live, Baton Rouge (City of David Church of God in Christ), c. 1990s
Dr. C. J. Johnson (1913-1990) and Family, “You Better Run,” 1989
Rev. Charlie Jackson (1932-2006), “Wrapped Up, Tangled Up in Jesus (C. Jackson), live, possibly Baton Rouge, 1991
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another take (1969)
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Arkabutla, Mississippi
Mighty Gospel Clouds (Morven, Georgia), “Thank You, Jesus,” recorded by Alan Lomax at an unidentified A.M.E. church in Arkabutla, Mississippi, 1978
sounds of Gloster, Mississippi
Tylertown Spirituals (with Jimmy Wilson, guitar), live (Veal Brothers’ 12th Anniversary), Gloster, Mississippi, 1987
sounds of Parchman Farm
“I Give Myself Away, so You Can Use Me,” anonymous singer/pianist/prisoner, live, Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman, Miss.), 2023
timeless
Dorothy Love Coates (1928-2002, MCOTD Hall of Fame) and The Gospel Harmonettes, “I’m Just Holding On” (D. Love Coates), live, TV show, c. early 1970s
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.