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Originally Posted by Chiomara
I prefer the Johnny Cash/Roy Orbison version.
*hisses at Mumford & Sons*
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^ HaHa!, Thanks Chiomara, I agree. The Cash/Orbison one does more justice to the lyrics, which by gospel standards are pretty good.
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Creepy gospel is the best gospel:
And as always, all the old Alan Lomax field recordings are excellent and haunting:
And I see Son House's 'John the Revelator' has already been mentioned of course. I love Blind Willie Johnson's version, too.
Another perpetual favorite:
And!!
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^ Absolutely agree with the bolded too, which is perhaps why the Emmylou Harris didn't strike me particularly. Your other selections, though, are much better than anything that I've been finding. Thanks.
This one is a little creepy, but is more blues than gospel I suspect:-