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1 Down On Me
Songwriter – Alexis Jones, Fred Jones, Jr.
3:47
2 Going Home
Songwriter – The Jones Family Singers
2:45
3 Bones in the Valley
Traditional – A. Hymn
4:35
4 Made up my Mind
Songwriter – Eddie Fray
3:12
5 Leaning on You
Songwriter – Fred Jones, Jr., Fred Jones, Sr.
5:03
6 I am
Songwriter – Alexis Jones, Velma Davis
3:28
7 You Woke Me up this Morning
Songwriter – Fred Jones, Sr.
3:19
8 Preacher Man
Songwriter – Eddie Fray
4:11
9 Through it all
Songwriter – Velma Davis
2:48
10 Try Jesus
Songwriter – Fred Jones, Sr.
3:42

Notes

The Jones Family Singers, consisting in part of five sisters, two brothers and their father, have been tearing up churches and festivals for almost three decades. 'The Spirit Speaks' is their critically-acclaimed 2014 release.

“The roots of the “Hard Gospel” style of the Jones Family can be traced to the beginning of the 20th century, when slave songs became “shout songs.” After the Pentecostal movement of Holy Ghost soul possession was born on Azusa Street in Los Angeles in 1906, churchgoers spoke in tongues, rolled in the aisles and clapped their hands in sanctified percussion. Musical instruments, once considered the tools of the devil, were used to punctuate the testimony and wild, foot-stomping dances broke out at will. This was the roots of rock “n’ roll.”
– Michael Corcoran, (from the liner notes of 'The Spirit Speaks')

The Jones Family Singers - The Spirit Speaks

Performer: The Jones Family Singers

Album Title: The Spirit Speaks

Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Blues, Folk, World, & Country

Label: Arts + Labor ‎– AL001
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Date of released: 2014
Category: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Gospel, Contemporary Jazz, Folk, Rhythm & Blues

MP3 album zip size: 1558 mb

FLAC album zip size: 1261 mb

Rating: 4.9 / 5

Votes: 429

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