I Am Born to Preach the Gospel

Washington Phillips | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yazoo
• ASIN: B000000G8F
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,949 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Am Born To Preach The Gospel

2. The Church Needs Good Deacons

3. I Had A Good Father And Mother

4. Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There

5. A Mother's Last Word To Her Daughter

6. Paul And Silas In Jail

7. Denomination Blues (Part 1)

8. Denomination Blues (Part 2)

9. Lift Him Up That's All

10. Jesus My Friend

11. Mother's Last Word To Her Son

12. What Are They Doing In Heaven Today

13. I've Got The Key To The Kingdom

14. Train Your Child

15. You Can't Stop A Tattler (Part 1)

16. You Can't Stop A Tattler (Part 2)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Far More than a Novelty Dolceola Act, April 21, 2002

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This review is from: I Am Born to Preach the Gospel (Audio CD)

A beautiful album in the way that early folk art is beautiful --spare and simplistically powerful. It ranks alongside Blind Willie Johnson's work as the most heartfelt and relevant early gospel/blues recordings on the market. A question that begs to be answered is whether or not the novelty value of the dolceola propels these recordings toward a unwarranted degree of reverence in the gospel/blues genre. I've attempted to transcribe some of these works (the original Phillips works only) for guitar and while they I'm convinced that the dolceola is central to the delivery of the material on this album, the music and the messages translate surprisingly well to other instruments. See Ry Cooder's version of Denomibation Blues

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing!, August 27, 1999

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This review is from: I Am Born to Preach the Gospel (Audio CD)

I so enjoy this CD. For those who are looking for quality in sound -- forget it. The CD picks up the scratchiness of the 78's it was recorded from. However, if you can overlook the sound quality and hear the sweet music and the amazing skill with which Phillips plays his "dolceola", you may be pleasantly surprised by this CD!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This music speaks for itself, and you will be left speechles, April 16, 2003

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J. Zovko (LA, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Am Born to Preach the Gospel (Audio CD)

I feel that it is extremely difficult to prattle on about an album like this. All I can do is write to you and hope that this album becomes part of you and will not be forgotten. It is of such a high caliber that when it finally ends, you may find it fitting to pay the musician respect with silence and stillness.