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- Date Released: September 27, 2005
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Chicago Blues
- Label: Document Records / The Orchard
The sound of the sacred and secular rubbing up against one another.
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We Say...
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the few sacred artists of her era (or any other, until recently) to appear in nightclubs; as the mother of pop-gospel, she showed keen appreciation for the flash, glamour and glitz (to say nothing of the perks) of secular artists. Lyrics like "Everybody's Gonna Have a Wonderful Time Up There (Gospel Boogie)" definitely walked a fine line between sacred and secular, and the 1944 "Strange Things Happening Every Day" first landed her on secular charts. She even cut some straight blues in the early '50s, before retreating quickly back to gospel. Like her vibrato-laden, hurricane-force vocals, her guitar style drew heavily on boogie blues and was a huge influence on first-generation rock 'n' rollers. All these tensions add blues drama to such tracks as "This Train," "Didn't It Rain" and "Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)."
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| 01. |  |
Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend |
2:26 |
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| 02. | |
How Far From God |
2:54 |
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| 03. | |
When I Move To The Sky |
2:51 |
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| 04. | |
Jesus Is Here Today |
2:49 |
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| 05. | |
Jonah |
3:00 |
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| 06. | |
God's Mighty Hand |
4:14 |
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| 07. | |
The Lord Followed Me |
3:07 |
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| 08. | |
This Train (73987-A) |
2:51 |
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| 09. | |
Oh When I Come To The End Of My Journey |
2:59 |
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| 10. | |
Didn't It Rain |
2:36 |
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| 11. | |
Stretch Out |
2:44 |
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| 12. | |
This Train (DB-104A) |
2:35 |
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| 13. | |
When I Come To The End Of My Journey (DB-104A) |
2:36 |
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| 14. | |
Beams Of Heaven |
2:43 |
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| 15. | |
Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air |
2:30 |
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| 16. | |
My Journey To The Sky |
3:10 |
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| 17. | |
Teach Me To Be Right |
2:47 |
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| 18. | |
I Heard My Mother Call My Name |
2:44 |
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| 19. | |
Heaven Is Not My Name |
2:44 |
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| 20. | |
The Natural Facts |
3:13 |
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| 21. | |
Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down |
2:55 |
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| 22. | |
Lay Down Your Soul |
2:27 |
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| 23. | |
Precious Memories |
2:53 |
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| 24. | |
Family Prayer |
2:43 |
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| 25. | |
Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There (Gospel Boogie) |
2:45 |
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| 26. | |
My Lord And I |
2:47 |
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26 Total Tracks, 74:03 Total Length
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