Volume Eleven

Sacred Roots of the Blues

The same sentiments captured in early blues were previously sent on-high via the spirited, emotional language of gospel music, a genre that quietly yet significantly has affected R&B, soul, and later rock & roll; but in the end, it’s simply music that stirs the soul.

Track Listing:

1. Elder Charles Beck And His Congregation Gabriel
2. Rev. J. M. Gates Amazing Grace
3. Pace Jubilee Singers Oh, Death!
4. Deacon A. Wilson Certainly Lord
5. Tuskegee Institute Singers Go Down Moses
6. Fisk University Jubilee Quartet Po' Mo'ner Got A Home At Last
7. Rev. Isiah Shelton The Liar
8. Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Job
9. Marian Anderson Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
10. Paul Robeson Deep River
11. Dinwiddie Colored Quartette Poor Mourner
12. Blind Mamie Forehand Honey In The Rock
13. Lonnie McIntorsh The Lion And The Tribes Of Judah
14. Rev. F. W. McGhee And Congregation Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room
15. Memphis Sanctified Singers He Got Better Things For You
16. Washington White The Promise True And Grand
17. Pace Jubilee Singers Leave It There
18. Connie Rosemond Going Up The King's Highway
19. Taskiana Four Hide You In The Blood
20. Utica Institute Jubilee Singers Peter On The Sea
21. Hall Johnson Negro Choir Ezekiel Saw De Wheel/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/ Keep Yo' Hand On The Plow, Hold On
22. Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux Happy Am I
23. Heavenly Gospel Singers Precious Lord, Take My Hand
24. Mme. Ernestine Washington And The Milleraires Holding On Part 1
25. Mme. Ernestine Washington And The Milleraires Holding On Part 2
26. Southern Sons I'm Free At Last
27. The Five Trumpets Preach My Word