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THE LEADER IN CLASSIC BLUEGRASS & GOSPEL COLLECTIONS
NEW CLASSIC MOUNTAIN GOSPEL COLLECTION !
Second title from Rural Rhythm Record s new Gospel Label RURAL RHYTHM CHRISITIAN - Dedicated to creating fine inspirational Christian Music from America s Heartland .
Gospel music has been an integral part of Country & Bluegrass even in its early days when it began to take shape in churches in the southern United States. In the early to mid-1900 s when country folks weren t playing music on their front porch or at the town picnic, they d play it in church on Sunday Morning.

Of late, The Blue Ridge Mountains has been romanticized in popular movies such as OH BROTHER, Where Art Thou, and COLD MOUNTAIN. Many songs like the ones on this collection are snapshots of life as it was lived in the most forgotten parts of our nation. If folklorists had gone into the small towns, hill communities, and hollers throughout the southeast during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, we might understand how the music of the old and new worlds melted into one. We now can see how Appalachian Early Country & Bluegrass music and traditional Mountain Gospel music came together years ago to create this special blend of traditional gospel music that we all know and love.
For over 40 years now, the Marksmen Quartet have occupied a unique and special stylistic niche somewhere between traditional Country Gospel, Bluegrass Gospel & Southern Gospel music. So, who better than the Marksmen Quartet to capture the heart and soul of Classic Mountain Gospel Music with their fine blend of music styles (including a cappella) and award winning harmonies !
"With more than thirty years under their belt, the Marksmen are still at the top of their game. Amazing!"
Les Butler
Syndicated Radio Show Host, Front Porch Fellowship
Singing News Magazine

This new collection album contains 20 GOSPEL FAVORITES from today and yesterday, (many lost but not forgotten through the years), including the recent #1 song on the Country Gospel Song chart Love Letters In The Sand , and the classics Precious Memories , In The Garden , There s Power In The Blood , Take My Hand Precious Lord , What A Friend , Holy Mana , Kneel At The Cross , Angel Band , O Why Not Tonight , When We All Get To Heaven , An Old Account Settled , Just A Rose Will Do and 8 more favorites performed by one of the most popular and versatile groups in Gospel Music today !