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Religious music for less than devout

We have a thread " Jazz for someone who doesn’t like jazz. " In a similar vein perhaps "Religious music for the less than devout".

"people get ready" - Rod Stewart
"Amazing Grace" - Jessye Norman
2009 "Duets" - Five Blind Boys of Alabama, The - entire CD
1988 "Sweet Fellowship" - Acappella, the entire CD

In 1989 I was working in NJ, I may have been the only guy on the job who did not know he was working for the Irish Mafia. I would lend people the CD "Sweet Fellowship" and they were willing to pay for it but never return it:

"Here is $20 kid, go buy yourself another cuz youz can’t have mine back. Now don’t ever ask me again."


timothywright
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@slaw 

Regarding Kerry Livgren, you can't let what one person's interpretation of anything, conflict with your own.
There have been others to make similar comments.
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While T Bone Burnett’s music and lyrics are not overtly Christian, he’s a believer. He was a member of the church Dylan started attending during his conversion, the church where the two met, I believe. T Bone was a member of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue cast. T Bone’s now-ex-wife Sam Phillips had a career in the Contemporary Christian field (under her real name, Leslie Ann Phillips) before going secular.

Speaking of Bob, Lennon was extremely critical of Dylan gettin’ religion. Guess he hadn’t listened all that closely to Bob’s lyrics. My God, had he not heard the John Wesley Harding album?!

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The Blind Boys of Alabama - Spirit of the Century

In Loving Memories - The Jerry Lee Lewis Gospel Album

Emmylou Harris - Angel Band

I think they're all on Qobuz.

djones51
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Spirit in the Sky... Norman Greenbaum
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Terry Evans and Hans Theessink  with an assist from Ry Cooder,
Delta Time is a great album. "Heavens Airplane" and "Walk on Home" both in a very traditional gospel tradition. 
Paul Butterfield Better Days has a cover of the Blind Willie Johnson's "Nobody's Fault but Mine". I always note the gospel influences on the blues albums I love. 

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