Artist: Dorothy Love Coates

We'll See Who Comes Out a Winner

May 2, 2010, 11:09am The Adios Lounge

"You put your money on yours and I'll bet on mine, We'll let the score be kept by nature and time, And we'll see who comes out a winner at the finishing line." Time for some Sunday morning, post-Derby testimonial. You want a stairway to heaven? Step off that Zeppelin shit and come correct with Birmingham native Dorothy Love Coates and her Original Gospel Harmonettes. This is a woman so powerful she made Little Richard shut up and take notes in the early 1950s. I love her "Don't [...]

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Toast: A Gospel Mix

May 25, 2009, 8:50am heartonastick.blog-city.com

( pic via ) More straight-up gospel than last week's , except where it isn't. It keeps an eye on the afterlife, there's the whiff of a narrative... though I wouldn't pay too much attention to themes or stories as I liberally appropriated any directional intent for the cause. (The Staples' classic is now, of course, about nothing but Chevrolet automobiles.) Not much in the way of brimstone, though it's hard not to admire Reverend Nix' bald contempt for his congregation. Of the belters in these 80 minutes - Coates, Mahalia, that [...]

• Bessie Griffin - Too Close to Heaven
• Bill Carlisle - The Heavenly Train
• Blue Sky Boys - Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
• Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody
• Dixie Hummingbirds - Testimonial
• Dorothy Love Coates - I Wouldn't Mind Dying
• Goldia Haynes - Oh Lord, How Long?
• Henagar-Union Sacred Harp Convention - Antioch
• Hightower Brothers - Finally Made It In
• Hightower Brothers - Where Could I Go
• Horace Sprott - Jesus Going to Make up My Dying Bed (Excerpt)
• LaVice & Company - Thoughs Were the Days
• Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus
• Low - (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace
• Mahalia Jackson - I'm on My Way
• Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens - What Have You Done?
• R.H. Harris - Someday
• Rev. A. W. Nix - Black Diamond Express To Hell Pt. II
• Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight - Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
• Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers - That's Heaven to Me (Alt. Take)
• Sister Lottie Peavy - Nobody's Fault But Mine
• Sister Mary M. Nelson - Judgement
• The Brothers & Sisters Gospel Choir - I Shall Be Released
• The John Edwards Singers - New Burying Ground
• The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
• Thomas A. Dorsey - If You See My Savior

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Artist:	Bessie Griffin
Title:	Too Close to Heaven
Link Text:	Bessie Griffin - Too Close to Heaven (mp3)
File Name:	16 Bessie Griffin - Too Close To Heaven.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	195

Artist:	Bill Carlisle
Title:	The Heavenly Train
Link Text:	Bill Carlisle - The Heavenly Train (mp3)
File Name:	17 Bill Carlisle - The Heavenly Train.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1999

Artist:	Blue Sky Boys
Title:	Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
Link Text:	Blue Sky Boys - Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone (mp3)
File Name:	04 Blue Sky Boys - Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone.Mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Bob Dylan
Title:	Gotta Serve Somebody
Link Text:	Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody (mp3)
File Name:	02 Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1979

Artist:	Dixie Hummingbirds
Title:	Testimonial
Link Text:	Dixie Hummingbirds - Testimonial(mp3)
File Name:	12 Dixie Hummingbirds - Testimonial.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1954

Artist:	Dorothy Love Coates
Title:	I Wouldn't Mind Dying
Link Text:	Dorothy Love Coates - I Wouldn't Mind Dying (mp3)
File Name:	07 Dorothy Love Coates - I Wouldnt Mind Dying.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1990

Artist:	Goldia Haynes
Title:	Oh Lord, How Long?
Link Text:	Goldia Haynes - Oh Lord, How Long?(mp3)
File Name:	06 Goldia Haynes - Oh Lord How Long.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Henagar-Union Sacred Harp Convention
Title:	Antioch
Link Text:	Henegar-Union Sacred Harp Convention - Antioch (mp3)
File Name:	22 Henagar-Union Sacred Harp Convention - Antioch.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Hightower Brothers
Title:	Finally Made It In
Link Text:	Hightower Brothers - Finally Made It In (mp3)
File Name:	20 Hightower Brothers - Finally Made It In.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1995

Artist:	Hightower Brothers
Title:	Where Could I Go
Link Text:	Hightower Brothers - Where Could I Go (mp3)
File Name:	08 Hightower Brothers - Where Could I Go.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1995

Artist:	Horace Sprott
Title:	Jesus Going to Make up My Dying Bed (Excerpt)
Link Text:	Horace Sprott - Jesus is Going to Make up My Dying Bed (Excerpt)(mp3)
File Name:	01 Horace Sprott - Jesus Going to Make up My Dying Bed (Excerpt).mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	LaVice & Company
Title:	Thoughs Were the Days
Link Text:	LaVice & Company - Thoughs Were the Days (mp3)
File Name:	15 LaVice and Company - Thoughs Were the Days.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin
Title:	Sanctus
Link Text:	Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus (mp3)
File Name:	21 Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1958

Artist:	Low
Title:	(That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace
Link Text:	Low - (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace (mp3)
File Name:	24 Low - (That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Mahalia Jackson
Title:	I'm on My Way
Link Text:	Mahalia Jackson - I'm on My Way (mp3)
File Name:	09 Mahalia Jackson - I'm on My Way.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1958

Artist:	Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
Title:	What Have You Done?
Link Text:	Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens - What Have You Done?(mp3)
File Name:	13 Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens - What Have You Done.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	R.H. Harris
Title:	Someday
Link Text:	R.H. Harris - Someday (mp3)
File Name:	05 R.H. Harris - Someday.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Rev. A. W. Nix
Title:	Black Diamond Express To Hell Pt. II
Link Text:	Rev. A.W. Nix - Black Diamond Express to Hell Pt II (mp3)
File Name:	11 Rev. A. W. Nix - Black Diamond Express To Hell Pt II.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight
Title:	Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
Link Text:	Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/the Sam Price Trio - Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air (mp3)
File Name:	18 Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight - Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1946

Artist:	Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers
Title:	That's Heaven to Me (Alt. Take)
Link Text:	Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers - That's Heaven to Me(Take 1)(mp3)
File Name:	26 Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers - That's Heaven to Me (Alt Take).mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1957

Artist:	Sister Lottie Peavy
Title:	Nobody's Fault But Mine
Link Text:	Sister Lottie Peavy - Nobody's Fault But Mine(mp3)
File Name:	14 Sister Lottie Peavy - Nobody's Fault But Mine.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Sister Mary M. Nelson
Title:	Judgement
Link Text:	Sister Mary M. Nelson - Judgement (mp3)
File Name:	10 Sister Mary M. Nelson - Judgement.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	The Brothers & Sisters Gospel Choir
Title:	I Shall Be Released
Link Text:	The Brothers & Sisters Gospel Choir - I Shall Be Released (mp3)
File Name:	25 The Brothers and Sisters Gospel Choir - I Shall Be Released.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1971

Artist:	The John Edwards Singers
Title:	New Burying Ground
Link Text:	The John Edwards Singers - New Burying Ground (mp3)
File Name:	23 The John Edwards Singers - New Burying Ground.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	The Staple Singers
Title:	I'll Take You There
Link Text:	The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (mp3)
File Name:	19 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Thomas A. Dorsey
Title:	If You See My Savior
Link Text:	Thomas A. Dorsey - If You See My Savior (mp3)
File Name:	03 Thomas A. Dorsey - If You See My Savior.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

John Scofield sings the praises

May 13, 2009, 5:59am Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It

I'm not an overly religious man. I don't attend church regularly and don't have a crucifix hanging anywhere in my house. Regardless, there's something about gospel music that hits me hard, Maybe it's its intensity and sincerity. Maybe the genuine messages and earnest roots which spawned it. Maybe it's its lack of pretentiousness. Whatever it is, I enjoy it. That being said, when you take gospel and mix it with some blues, the result is an album that really does it for me. That's where John Scofield 's latest album Piety Street comes in. If [...]

• John Scofield - That's Enough » 01 That's Enough.mp3
• Dorothy Love Coates - That's Enough

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Link Text:	John Scofield - That's Enough
File Name:	01 That's Enough.mp3

Artist:	Dorothy Love Coates
Title:	That's Enough
Link Text:	Dorothy Love Coates - That's Enough
File Name:	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes_01_08_That's Enough.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1991

SOULFUL DISTRACTIONS PT. 2

Feb 4, 2008, 1:43am soul sides

Editor's Note: Here is part 2 of John Cameron Mitchell's " Soulful Distractions Sampler ." My thanks again to JCM for the contribution (you're welcome to guest-post any time). Strange Man - Dorothy Love Coates from Testify! - the Gospel Box (1999) [recorded 1967] Probably my favorite traditional gospel performance of all time. This was on an old cassette that the girl who played Wendy to my Peter Pan gave me in Denver in the late mid 80's when I [...]

• dorothy love coates - strange man
• Rance Allen Group - Lying On The Truth
• Rufus & Chaka Khan - You Got The Love
• The Commodores - Slippery When Wet
• The Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye

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Artist:	dorothy love coates
Title:	strange man
Link Text:	Strange Man
File Name:	strange.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Rance Allen Group
Title:	Lying On The Truth
Link Text:	Lyin' on the Truth
File Name:	lying.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Rufus & Chaka Khan
Title:	You Got The Love
Link Text:	You Got the Love
File Name:	thelove.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1974

Artist:	The Commodores
Title:	Slippery When Wet
Link Text:	Slippery When Wet
File Name:	slip.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	The Manhattans
Title:	Kiss and Say Goodbye
Link Text:	Kiss and Say Goodbye
File Name:	kiss.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps