Annotation

Recorded April 17 and 18, 1993 at the Union Grove Baptist Church, Ozark, Alabama.

Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-034736 2 A01

Annotation last modified on 2025-10-16 14:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1The Happy Sailor
recording of:
The Happy Sailor
writer:
B.F. White (itinerant singing teacher and preacher)
2:08
2Blooming Youth
recording of:
Blooming Youth
lyricist:
Thomas Gibbons (in 1769)
composer:
Henry G. Mann (in 1869)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 176b)
2:11
3Weeping Pilgrim
recording of:
Weeping Pilgrim
composer:
J. P. Reese (Sacred Harp composer) (in 1859)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 417)
3:20
4There We Our Jesus Shall Adore2:28
5Bound for Canaan
recording of:
Bound for Canaan
writer:
E. J. King (songwriter)
2:05
6Cuba
recording of:
Cuba
writer:
H. S. Reese (songwriter and composer; performs with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers, Muldoon's Picnic, Ari & Mia)
composer:
J.H. Bolen (in 1859) and H.S. Reese (in 1859)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 401)
2:03
7Firm Foundation
recording of:
Firm Foundation
writer:
Z. Chambless (songwriter; performs with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
2:43
8Florida
recording of:
Florida
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer) (in 1719)
composer:
Truman Spencer Wetmore (in 1803)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 203)
2:30
9Desire for Piety
recording of:
Desire for Piety
writer:
B.F. White (itinerant singing teacher and preacher)
2:00
10Ragan
recording of:
Ragan
arranger:
W. F. Moore (in 1869)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 176t)
3:02
11Struggle On
recording of:
Struggle On
writer:
H. S. Reese (songwriter and composer; performs with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers, Muldoon's Picnic, Ari & Mia)
3:06
12Ninety-Fifth Psalm
recording of:
Ninety-Fifth Psalm
writer:
Colton (songwriter for Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
3:01
13Fallen by the Way
recording of:
Fallen by the Way
writer:
W. R. McCoy (songwriter; performs with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
2:40
14Happy Home
recording of:
Happy Home
writer:
John Palmer Reese (Sacred Harp composer)
2:49
15Coronation
recording of:
Coronation
lyricist:
Edward Perronet (in 1779)
composer:
Oliver Holden (in 1793)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 63)
2:58
16The Dying Boy
recording of:
The Dying Boy
writer:
H. S. Reese (songwriter and composer; performs with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers, Muldoon's Picnic, Ari & Mia)
2:00
17The Father's Boundless Love1:35
18The Christian's Flight
recording of:
The Christian's Flight
lyricist:
Philip Doddridge (in 1755)
composer:
W. F. Moore (in 1866)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 177)
3:15
19Give Me Just a Little More Time3:42

Credits

Release

photography:David Michael Kennedy (photographer)
liner notes:Henry Willett (liner notes related and advisor; performs with Jerry Mixon, Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
miscellaneous support:Barbara L. Hampton (liner notes related and researcher; performs with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers, Ga-Adangbe) (task: research)
engineer and mastering:Paul Zinman (engineer)
producer:Kathryn King (ABC Records producer) (task: field producer)
Paul Marotta
alto vocals:Pauline Jackson Driggs (American alto vocalist, daughter of Judge Jackson, sister of Henry Japheth Jackson, sister-in-law of Lillie M. Jackson)
Bernice Harvey (alto vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Mary Jackson (alto singer with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Janice Jackson Johnson (alto vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Ruth Jackson Johnson (alto vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Cleona B. Stinson (alto vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Leola Whitehurst (alto vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
bass vocals:Henry Japheth Jackson (bass vocalist, son of Judge Jackson, brother of Pauline Jackson Driggs, brother-in-law of Lillie M. Jackson)
John C. Jackson (bass vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Shem C. Jackson (bass vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Dewey Williams (bass vocalist)
tenor vocals:Damascus Crittenden, Sr. (tenor vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Dovie Dee Jackson Reese (tenor vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Edward Snells (tenor vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
treble vocals:Emma Mae Jackson McKenzie Ernst (treble vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Estella Snells (treble vocalist; member of Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
Alice Williams (singer with Wiregrass Sacred Harp Singers)
design:Bob Defrin Design
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc.
glass mastered at:DADC
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3896316 [info]