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01. Ian Brennan - Open the Eyes of My Heart, Lord (L. Stevenson)
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02. Ian Brennan - I Give Myself Away, So You Can Use Me (Anonymous)
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03. Ian Brennan - Break Every Chain (M. Kyles)
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04. Ian Brennan - Jesus, Every Day Your Name is the Same (Parchman Prison Choir, C.S. Deloch)
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05. Ian Brennan - Step into the Water (N. Peterson)
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06. Ian Brennan - Solve My Need (M. Palmer)
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07. Ian Brennan - Falling in Love with Jesus Was the Best Thing I've Ever Done (A. Warren)
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08. Ian Brennan - You Did Not Leave Me, You Bless Me Still (J. Sherman)
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09. Ian Brennan - If I Couldn't Say One Word, I'll Just Wave My Hand (Parchman Prison Choir, L. Brown)
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10. Ian Brennan - I Gotta Run (L. Stevenson)
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11. Ian Brennan - Hosanna (L. Brown)
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12. Ian Brennan - Locked Down, Mama Prays for Me (Robinson, A. Warren)
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13. Ian Brennan - It's in My Heart (M. Kyles)
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14. Ian Brennan - I'm Still Here (D. Thomas)
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15. Ian Brennan - Lay My Burden Down (Parchman Prison Choir, C.S. Deloch, M. Palmer)
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ARTIST
BRENNAN, IAN
TITLE
Parchman Prison Prayer: Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
GLITTERBEAT
CATALOG #
GB 143CD
GB 143CD
GENRE
EXPERIMENTAL
RELEASE DATE
1/12/2024
Haunting in situ recordings from Parchman Farm maximum security prison in Mississippi. Grammy-winning producer
Ian Brennan
(
Tinariwen
,
Ustad Saami
,
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
,
Zomba Prison Project
) recorded the prison's Sunday gospel service and the results are unforgettable. The performances range from solo acapella to a floor-shaking electric band. The repertoire includes both traditional and newly penned spirituals.
Some Mississippi Sunday Morning
is an unfiltered and deeply resonant journey into a musical world rarely seen or heard. The notorious Parchman Prison has a rich musical history with
Son House
,
Bukka White
,
Mose Allison
, and
Elvis Presley
's father
Vernon Presley
having been former residents. Mississippi's oldest penitentiary, Parchman was founded in 1901 and has one of the highest prisoner mortality rates in the nation as well as experiencing ongoing riots. Due to restrictions on video and photos, the only artifact from this meeting are the sounds -- making the voices all the more ethereal and ghostly. One man's voice was so deep, it sounded like the Mississippi River singing -- as if
Barry White
were a soprano. Another freestyled a rap about the shame he feels for having caused pain to his mother and others due to his actions. Another was a 73-year-old, former "rock and roll" singer who'd survived prison, become a chaplain, and found God. A veil of sadness seemed to shroud. The singers' voices softened and textured by the inescapable regret that their environment confronts them with. Most songs were covers of Gospel standards, but delivered so imbued with subtext that they were transformed almost unrecognizably from the source material. One of the beauties of the experience was that it was a successful integration of white and black inmates, whose services are often held separately due to racial tensions. As the men beamed, hugged and hi-fived one another in celebration,
Chaplain Sidney
beamed, "The making of this record has brought much needed encouragement and hope to the men here at Parchman." These were voices unchained, if only for those few hours. Expressing a vocal breadth of freedom otherwise denied and restrained. Recorded 100% live without overdubs at Parchman maximum security prison's Sunday morning service.
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