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Article: The lord's songs in a strange land; two histories dig down to the roots of gospel music and the culture of sound in African American life.(People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music)(Book Review)
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- Black Issues Book Review
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- March 1, 2005
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People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music by Robert Darden Continuum International Publishing Group October 2004, $24.95, ISBN 0-826-41436-2
The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech by Shane White and Graham White Beacon Press, April 2005 $29.95, ISBN 0-8070-5026-1
As a child growing up on Air Force bases, Robert Darden recalls first hearing black gospel music in the homes of his black friends. He later recognized the same sounds in the rhythms of the soul music and the ultra-contemporary gospel song "Oh Happy Day" by Edwin Hawkins that he learned as a young drummer.
Later, as ...