Rev. Pearly Brown – You’re Gonna Need That Pure Religion / Arhoolie CD-9025

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CD 9025

Rev. Pearly Brown vocal & guitar.

Down-home raw bluesy gospel from the legendary blind singer/guitarist from Georgia. This release contains ALL of FolkLyric LP 108 (recorded by Harry Oster in 1961 in Macon Georgia) as well as 20 minutes of fabulous previously unissued material that he recorded with his wife on radio station KPFA – FM in 1974! This is authentic roots music never before heard on CD!
 

1. God Don’t Never Change
2. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
3. You’re Gonna Need That Pure Religion
4. Savior Don’t You Pass Me By
5. Motherless Children
6. Oh What A Morning
7. I Must See Jesus
8. Nobody’s Fault But Mine
9. I Know It Was The Blood
10. By And By (I’m Gonna See The King)
11. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
12. If I Never See You Anymore
13. Ninety-Nine And A Half Won’t Do
14. It’s A Mean Old World
15. The Great Speckled Bird
16. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (2)
17. You Gotta Move
18. I’m On My Way To The Canaan Land
19. Good By
20. What A Morning (2)

“[Rev. Pearly Brown] could torque down with a stern stiffness like the second coming of Blind Willie Johnson – except only more mortal…Or just drop the slide drop the strictness and drop to bended-knees humility for ‘Savior Don’t Pass Me By’ and the achingly beautiful ‘Oh What a Morning.’…Deserves attentive recognition.” – Dennis Rozanski BluesRag