The Gospel Ranger

vor 15 Jahren

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vor 15 Jahren

One of the last songs Johnny Cash recorded before he died was called Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold My Body Down). But the song isn't a Johnny Cash original. Ain't No Grave was actually written in 1934, by a twelve year old boy named Claude Ely. Ely went on to become an itinerant Pentecostal preacher known to his followers as Brother Claude, the Gospel Ranger. Brother Claude was a fiery speaker and an electrifying singer. Outside the Appalachian mountains, his name was barely known. But his music helped influence some of the pioneers of rock and roll.