The Pilgrim Jubilees / Alan Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Alan (Musician)

Series:

American made music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilgrim Jubilees (Musical group).

Gospel musicians--United States--Biography.

Gospel musicians.

United States.

African American musicians--Biography.

African American musicians.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2001]

Summary:

In 1960, four young men went into a Chicago recording studio and revolutionized the sound of African American gospel music. When they made that groundbreaking recording, the Pilgrim Jubilees had been singing together for more than ten years. Today they are still singing, and they are still at the forefront of gospel music. The Pilgrim Jubilees is their story, told in their words. From their beginnings in rural Houston, Mississippi, through the good times and the hard times of more than half a century traveling the "gospel highway" they have played a pivotal role in shaping an entire musical genre. Today, based in Chicago, they stand as senior statesmen of gospel music. Three times they have been nominated for Stellars, gospel music's version of the Grammys, and they've made frequent appearances on gospel music bestseller charts. For fifty years they have shone in a unique world where showbiz meets religion and the "Jubes" are stars.

Contents:

1. Houlka, Mississippi 3

2. Got to Be for Real 15

3. Mississippi: Cleave Graham 29

4. Mississippi: Clay Graham 37

5. Chicago: Major Roberson 45

6. Stepping Out 52

7. Third Time Lucky 61

8. Stretch Out 73

9. The Drive 87

10. Bobby McDougle 99

11. Ups and Downs 106

12. Ben Chandler 118

13. Michael Atkins 125

14. "Please Don't!" 132

15. Cleave Graham: "Back Then" 144

16. Blazing in the Blizzard 149

17. "We'd Have Been Up There ..." 162

18. Houston, Mississippi: Eddie Graham 175

19. Meridian, Mississippi: Fred Rice 182

20. "That's the Way We Run It" 188

21. Burying the Goat 199

22. "I'm Not Perfect ..." 214

23. Today and Tomorrow 225

The Pilgrim Jubilees on Record 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.

Discography: pages 237-262.

ISBN:

1578064155

1578064163

OCLC:

46917992