Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Slide Guitar Gospel (1944-1964)
15 Down Home Gospel Classics
Buddy Miller

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There has always been a point, both stylistically and philosophically, where the sacred (gospel music) and the profane (blues, the devil's music) strike an uneasy alliance. Consisting almost entirely of performers who are lay preachers or street-corner evangelists, Blues Gospel features use of blues guitar patterns that are tightly interwoven to the most heartfelt statements of religious conviction. Embracing everything from ragtime fingerpicking and knife-edged slide techniques to crudely strummed rhythm patterns, the style owes less allegiance to a particular kind of guitar than to using the instrument's possibilities to propel its lyrical message. Though its proponents are few, there are few sounds in the blues that are as alternately spiritual or as bone-chilling as blues gospel music.

Blues Gospel Artists Highlights

Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Buddy Miller
Buddy Miller
Lula Reed
Lula Reed
Steve Ripley
Steve Ripley
Grandfather Child
Grandfather Child
Ruthie Foster
Ruthie Foster

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Blues Gospel Album Highlights

Slide Guitar Gospel (1944-1964)
Various Artists
Slide Guitar Gospel ...
15 Down Home Gospel Classics
Various Artists
15 Down Home Gospel ...
Dark Was the Night
Blind Willie Johnson
Dark Was the Night
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
The Complete Blind Willie ...
Vintage Recordings (1935-1949)
Rev. Gary Davis
Vintage Recordings ...
Country Gospel (1946-1953)
Various Artists
Country Gospel (1946-1953)

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Blues Gospel Song Highlights

Title/Composer Performer Stream
If You See My Saviour Prof. Alex Bradford
Twelve Gates to the City Rev. Gary Davis
Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying Blind Willie Johnson
Lord, Stand by Me Rev. Gary Davis
Samson and Delilah Rev. Gary Davis
Just a Closer Walk With Thee Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Take My Hand, Precious Lord Marion Williams
Peace in the Valley R.H. Harris
It's a Highway to Heaven Prof. Alex Bradford
This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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