Just in time for Sunday! Just in time for the New Year!I'm no church-going guy. Nope - won't find me in the pew. But if there was anything that could get me there it's this. If church was always like this, I'd find religion in a hurry.
From allmusic:
Incendiary would be one good word to describe this disc, which is one of those rare gems that come along every now and again that works on many different levels. It features various artists captured spreading their joy and faith with their passionate celebratory music, with the electric steel guitar being the dominant instrument in the music of these groups. This disc was recorded at two different House of God churches, a coffeehouse, and the Strawberry Spring Music Festival, and the sound quality is of the high quality that you have come to expect from Arhoolie. The pedal steel guitar is the king on this disc, yet in support of it the singing is equally as strong and unrestrained. Particularly notable is the inspired singing of Katie Jackson and Denise Brown. Then there is Ted Beard making his pedal steel mimic a train in appropriately enough "The Train" and the sharp and biting blues guitar of Phil Campbell stretching out on "Don't Let the Devil Ride." The whole disc from top to bottom is highlight after highlight.
The opening salvo, God is a Good God, fired by Katie Jackson and the Campbell Brothers is 8 minutes that starts off fast and never slows down. Wicked, spirited and furious, it will light a fire under anyone and have you speaking in tongues before it's over.
By the time you get to Hollering, you'll be a wreck - and you'll be saved.
Get your God on - This is the shit!
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