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Rev J.M. Gates
Complete Recorded Works 7 (1929-30)
Genres: Blues, Pop, Gospel

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. You Mother Heart Breakers
2. Speed On, Hell Is Waiting For You
3. Straining At A Gnat And Swallowing A Camel
4. You Midnight Ramblers
5. Dead Cat On The Line
6. The Flood Of Alabama
7. Death Is On Your Track
8. Lord, I'm In Your Hands
9. Down Here, Lord, Waiting For You
10. Did You Spen Christmas Day In Jail?
11. No Room In The Jail House
12. Manish Women
13. Saturday Night Black Marier Riders
14. Meeting The Judge On Monday Morning
15. You Gonna Need This Man Jesus On Your Bond
16. I'm Going Home On The Heaven-Bound Train
17. Jacob 'Rassled With The Angel
18. Elijah The Key Man
19. Dead Cat On The Line No.2
20. Corn Licker And Gasoline
21. The Woman And The Snake
22. Clean The Corners Of Your Mind
23. Scat To The Cat And Suie To the Hog
24. David And Uriah

CD Details

All Artists: Rev J.M. Gates
Title: Complete Recorded Works 7 (1929-30)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Document
Release Date: 9/10/1996
Album Type: Import
Genres: Blues, Pop, Gospel
Style: Traditional Blues
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 714298546927, 788518546929, 669910169353

CD Reviews

There's A Dead Cat On The Line!

Norman Nithman | Chicago, IL USA | 11/21/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I found out about Rev. Gates because Steve Cushing would typically play one of Gates' sermons during his radio program's "gospel set." Gates was the most popular producer of the "singing and sermon" records issued during the 20's. Gates tended more towards the sermon side and they are quite bizarre to the contemporary ear to say the least! The most interesting tracks are the one I mentioned in the title of the review and "No Room in the Jailhouse." I would recommend starting with this disc first and working your way backwards through the series as there are a lot of reissues of the same sermons in his earlier releases. Gates' style is also fully developed on the later discs. You mother heart breakers! You midnight ramblers!"