written by Dorsey Dixon
recorded by the Louvin Brothers


https://youtu.be/qOZ5gRDXRVY

This is an old tear-jerker, as my Uncle Nick used to refer to them as. It's an old Gospel song written by Dorsey Dixon and recorded by many Country artists including the Louvin Brothers.

My uncle taught me to put feeling into music with tunes of this type and I never forgot this piece....

lyrics by Johnnie Bailes
recorded by Hank Williams


https://youtu.be/aq3jQStr4ms

Now and then I am asked to play a gospel number at the funeral service of a family member of a close friend of the family. This is especially important to me if the person, who has passed on, is an old musician. I always think that a musician ought to be sent off with a piece of live music from some...

written and recorded by Bob Dylan


https://youtu.be/2dJn9LmcCVI

Here's a short but bluesy gospel piece written and recorded by Bob Dylan. I think that this is a great number to learn because it's short and simple and yet it has a rock-a-billy swing to it and a few extra accidentals to add a little spice.

It's lyrics are relatively easy to learn and you simple to ad-lib to...

Do Lord (Do You Remember Me.)
written by Julia Ward Howe
cover by Elger Heath

https://youtu.be/o13vQyYzdz8


This is one of those Sound Bites that I captured at a jam. That's me at the mic. There's a lot of background noise, which I could not clean up. And the occasional fiddle. This is one of...

written by Frank Southern
recorded by Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

https://youtu.be/aHPimREzyiE


There is something about Bluegrass, and by extension, Bluegrass-Gospel, that has always appealed to me. This style of music utilizes timing formats that, in other music genres, would be considered unacceptable. Bluegrass artists often take a line, in a song, and they will extend it on...