Previous Episode: Episode from Apr 1, 2021

Silver Quintette - "Sinner's Crossroads" [Image is of essential book to understanding the black gospel scene in pre-war Bessemer and Birmingham, Alabama] [0:00:00]

Mighty Hearts Gospel Singers - "Mighty Heart's Prayer" [0:03:57]

Independent Gospel Singers - "Oh I Want To See Him" [0:06:34]

Bessemer Sunset Four - "My Lord Is Coming Soon" [0:12:51]

Bessemer Melody Boys - "Motherless Children" [Image is of Bessemer artist Ronald Lockett. Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation.] [0:14:59]

Bessemer Big Four - "Good Evening Everybody" [Song is a greeting to all the Union and Gospel people, gathered in one place. Image is of the Bessemer Big Four at an AFL-CIO union meeting.] [0:17:46]

CIO Singers - "Spirit of Phil Murray" [0:21:20]

Garland Singers of Bessemer, Alabama - "Lord Help Me To Stand In Times Like These" [Image is of Amiri Baraka and Bessemer artist, sculptor and visionary Joe Minter in Minters yard in Bessemer.] [0:28:41]

Mighty Zion Travelers - "I See A Man" [Image is The Last Day of Martin Luther King by Bessemer artist Thornton Dial. Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation] [0:33:15]

Carolina Gospel Singers of Eastover, SC. - "Lonesome Valley" [Painting is by Bessemer artist Thornton Dial, "Don’t Matter How Raggly The Flag, It Still Got To Tie Us Together." Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation] [0:35:14]

Psalms of David Harmonizers - "God Is So Good To Me" [Image is Thornton Dial of Bessemer in his yard.Courtesy Souls Grown Deep Foundation] [0:37:49]

Dixieaires Gospel Singers - "This May Be The Last Time" [0:40:24]

Rising Star Gospel Singers of Eastover, SC - "No Where To Lay My Head" [Image is of Bessemer artist Joe Minter] [0:43:49]

Silvertone Echoes - "Pray On My Child" [Image: US Steel, Bessemer, Alabama.] [0:46:06]

Sonny Hood and the Keys of Melody - "Walk In The Light" [https://www.al.com/news/2021/04/500000-jefferson-davis-chair-stolen-in-selma-will-be-a-toilet-unless-confederate-group-meets-demands-email-claims.html] [0:48:24]

Soulful Sunrising Kings - "Jesus Is The Light" [Bessemer artist Joe Minter.] [0:52:43]

Straight Street Holiness Choir - "I Gave Up All" [0:56:47]
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