Fern Jones, The Glory Road - 37m 1s

Tracks & Durations

1. You Ain't Got Nothin'	2:42
2. I Do Believe	2:06
3. I Was There When I Happened	2:07
4. Be Thankful You're You	2:27
5. Strange Things Happening Every Day	2:27
6. I Ain't Got Time	2:15
7. Just A Little Talk With Jesus	2:21
8. Keeps Me Busy	2:34
9. Take My Hand, Precious Lord	2:41
10. A Am A Pilgrim And A Stranger	2:32
11. Let Tomorrow Be	2:01
12. Didn't It Rain	2:34
13. When I Meet You	1:52
14. By And By[EP]	2:01
15. I Don't Care What The World May Do [EP]	2:12
16. This World Is Not My Home [EP]	1:57

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Review

Sometimes it takes the genius and adoration of a small record label like Chicago's Numero to unearth a bounty virtually fictional but for the several hundreds who listened and observed a half-century ago. Born in 1923, Fern Jones was a gifted songwriter with a deep-from-the-chest singing voice that was as much Lightnin' Hopkins as it was Patsy Cline. Her husband a preacher, Jones left the honky-tonks to perform by his side in Pentecostal churches and revival tents during the forties and fifties, her original and traditional gospel hymns always dotted with the blues and pop variations that inspired her. What those fortunate few were able to witness was put to vinyl by Dot Records in 1959, backed by noted Elvis studio musicians Hank Garland (guitar) and Floyd Cramer (piano), and available here for the first time since. It includes six Jones originals, including "I Was There When It Happened," covered by Johnny Cash during his first session for Sun Records. Fern Jones died in 1996, but thankfully--though 50 years after the fact--her music lives on with the vitality and clarity her underappreciated talent provided. --Scott HolterShe sounded like Saturday night on a Sunday morning. Patsy on Jesus. Elvis without the pelvis. In the space of 20 years Fern Jones would perform in over 2000 tents and churches for nearly 50,000 people. She'd release two albums and a few impossibly rare 78s, and write one song that would be a classic on the gospel circuit for years to come.

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