Elder Roma Wilson & his harmonica: This Train / Arhoolie CD-429

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Arhoolie CD 429 / These recordings were made in November of 1994 at Reverend Wilson‘s home and church in Mississippi. The CD includes reissues of his 1950s 78 rpm records with his sons on harps. Wilson, 83, is finally winning some recognition for his love of spiritual music. He was named as one of 11 folk artists from across the nation to win a National Heritage Fellowship grant given by the National Endowment for the Arts. Wilson’s music has enjoyed recent accolades at the Chicago Blues Festival, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife and other traditional American musical festivals. A tribute album to the legendary blues artist Robert Johnson on which Wilson played his version of the spiritual “This Train (Is Bound For Glory)” was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993.

1     Ain’t It a Shame
2     Give Me Flowers While I Live
3     This Train is a Clean Train
4     The Lord Will Make A Way, Yes He Will
5     My Lord’s Gonna Move This Wicked Race
6     Gonna Wait Till A Change Come
7     Lily Of The Valley (Stand By Me)
8     Better Get Ready
9     Trouble Everywhere
10     Got Just What I Wanted
11     This Train
12     Climbing Jacob’s Ladder
13     I Don’t Care What Skeptics Say
14     Death Ain’t Nothing But A Thief And A Robber
15     Get Away Jordan
16     I’m So Glad, Trouble Won’t Last Always
17     Amazing Grace
18     Motherless Children
19     Have You Tried Jesus – He’s Alright
20     This Train Is A Clean Train