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Traditional Mountain Gospel

1920s

Come and Dine by the Happy Four Columbia 15225 c. 1927. Come and Dine is a Mountain classic, still sung to this day, most recently by the Isaacs Family.
Climbing up the Golden Stairs by the Happy Four. Columbia 15225 c. 1927. 
Ain't Going to Lay My Armor Down McVay and Johnson. Columbia 15370. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 17, 1928.
I'll Be Ready when the Bridegroom Comes McVay and Johnson. Columbia 15370. Johnson City, Tennessee. October 17, 1928.

Ernest Phipps

A Little Talk With Jesus Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet. Bluebird B5540. Bristol, Tennessee. October 30,1928.
If the Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet. Victor 40010. Bristol, Tennessee. October 29, 1928.
I Want to Go Where Jesus Is Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet. Victor 20834. Bristol, Tennessee. July 26, 1927.
Shine On Me Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet. Bluebird B5540. Bristol, Tennessee. October 30, 1928.
Xs Ernest Phipps and his Holiness Quartet. 1928.

Alfred Karnes

We Shall All Be Reunited by Alfred G. Karnes. Recorded in Bristol, TN July 28, 1927. Victor 40076
Where We'll Never Grow Old by Alfred G. Karnes. Recorded in Bristol, TN July 29, 1927. Victor 20840
I Am Bound for the Promised Land by Alfred G. Karnes. Recorded in Bristol, TN July 29, 1927. Victor 20840
Victor 20840 is mountain gospel classic. When Ralph Peer came to Bristol, Tennessee to record what would become the first country music recordings, Alfred Karnes was one of the those premier singers. These are great songs. 

1930s

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again The Callahan Family. Conqueror 8404. 1934.
Lord, I'm Coming Home The Callahan Family. Conqueror 8404. 1934. 

1940s

The Tramp on the Street Molly O'Day. Columbia 20187. 1948.
When God Comes and Gathers his Jewels (Hank Williams) Molly O'Day 

1950s

That Little Old Country Church House The Masters Family. 1950s
The Man of Galilee The Masters Family. 1950s 

Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper

Walking My Lord Up Calvary Hill Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. 1950s
I'm Going Home on the Morning Train Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. 1950s
The Legend of the Dogwood Tree Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. 1950s
Are you Walking and a-Talking Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper. 1950s

Brother Claude Ely

There Ain't No Grave by Brother Claude Ely. King 1311. This is a classic from 1954.
There's A Higher Power by Brother Claude Ely. King 
I'm Crying Holy Unto the Lord by Brother Claude Ely. King 
Send Down That Rain by Brother Claude Ely. King 

Current

Let Me Rise The Singing Cookes. This great family of singers from Kingsport, Tennessee is still actively touring the Southland. The are among the finest mountain-style gospel singing families of all time. This selection was taken from one of their late-1990s CDs and presented here to introduce them to a wider audience.