tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post4933141210089865828..comments2024-02-18T17:35:25.382+00:00Comments on Bloggin fae the 'Burn: <i>Ulster-Scots thoughts</i>: In a Land Where We'll Never Grow Old (1914) - the first ever "country gospel" recordingMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12820251983224121718noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-8476808948877382842011-02-13T19:11:37.410+00:002011-02-13T19:11:37.410+00:00Just came across this a few days ago. I am the Gr...Just came across this a few days ago. I am the Grandson of J. Frank Smith of Smith's Sacred Singers, and is humbled that the there are people who still appreciate his music. Also the acknowledgement of how his group was such an influence in the county gospel movement during the 20’s and 30’s. <br />Thank you Douglas Poe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688578161142668195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-77596741529023369782011-02-13T19:11:06.741+00:002011-02-13T19:11:06.741+00:00Just came across this a few days ago. I am the Gr...Just came across this a few days ago. I am the Grandson of J. Frank Smith of Smith's Sacred Singers, and is humbled that the there are people who still appreciate his music. Also the acknowledgement of how his group was such an influence in the county gospel movement during the 20’s and 30’s. <br />Thank you Douglas Poe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688578161142668195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13344062.post-42247076743568994132010-01-08T16:24:23.861+00:002010-01-08T16:24:23.861+00:00Have you heard the vocal Group Anonymous Four do t...Have you heard the vocal Group Anonymous Four do this music? I cannot recommend their work highly enough. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907326 (American Angels) and HMU 907400 (Gloryland),; the latter includes secular music in the same tradition.<br /><br />This "Southern White Gospel" is my "Roots" music; my mother's family sang it together at home as their chief entertainment a hundred years ago.johniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11635403219973766022noreply@blogger.com