Washington Phillips, I Am Born to Preach the Gospel - 49m 2s

Tracks & Durations

1. I am Born to Preach The Gospel	3:07
2. The Church Needs Good Deacons	3:00
3. I Had a Good Father And Mother	3:00
4. Take Your Burden to The Lord And Leave it There	3:12
5. A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter	2:56
6. Paul And Silas in Jail	2:37
7. Denomination Blues (Part 1)	3:02
8. Denomination Blues (Part 2)	2:34
9. Lift Him up That's All	3:29
10. Jesus is my Friend	2:52
11. Mother's Last Word to Her Son	2:49
12. What Are They Doing in Heaven Today	3:16
13. I've Got The Key to The Kingdom	3:03
14. Train Your Child	3:09
15. You Can't Stop a Tattler (Part 1)	2:53
16. You Can't Stop a Tattler (Part 2)	2:47
17. Silence	1:06

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Review

Texas-born singer Washington Phillips did a limited amount of recording between his first sessions in 1927 and his last, which were completed in 1939. What little recording the unique solo gospel performer did can be found on this wondrous 16-track collection. Accompanying himself and singing with gentle resolve, Phillips created serene music that really did feel touched by grace. (Until recently, it was thought that Phillips played a rare autoharplike instrument called a dolceola. But Austin American-Statesman writer Michael Corcoran's research points to a zither as the probable source of the celestial sound on these recordings. Corcoran also found that Phillips didn't die in 1938, as was generally believed, but lived until 1954.) Early in his career, Ry Cooder revived a couple of Phillips's best numbers ("Denomination Blues" and "Tattler"), but the singer is largely a forgotten figure these days. I Am Born to Preach the Gospel makes that seem like an unpardonable sin. --Steven Stolder

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I Am Born to Preach the Gospel

Tracks: 16 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 47m 55s (-2m 53s)

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