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Gospel Train

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

In 1921 gospel music was formally adopted by the National Baptist Convention in Chicago. It found a champion in blues pianist Thomas A Dorsey. In the second of three programmes, singer-songwriter Mal Pope talks to quartet singers Isaac "Dickie"
Freeman of the Fairfield Four, Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys of Alabama, and Ira Tucker of the Dixie Hummingbirds, all of whom still perform on the international circuit. Producer Paul Evans

Contributors

Pianist:
Thomas A Dorsey.
Singer-Songwriter:
Mal Pope
Unknown:
Clarence Fountain
Unknown:
Ira Tucker
Producer:
Paul Evans
Source: Radio Times

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