Okay, I'll start ~ how about a few of your favorites?

  1. Martin Whitehead
    Martin Whitehead
    I've been lurking on Mando Cafe for about 18 months, but am trying to be more proactive. I love playing/singing gospel. Have done so on lap dulcimer and guitar, but have just started working on it on mando. A few of my favorite gospel tunes in no particular order.

    I'll Fly Away
    Blessed Jesus Hold My Hand
    The Old Churchyard
    Little Mountain Church House
    Send the Light
    Angel Band (love the Peasall Sisters redention!)
    On Jordan's Stormy Banks
    I've Got a Mansion

    Your turn.
  2. HddnKat
    HddnKat
    Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
    In the Garden
    Lily of the Valley
    I Saw the Light
  3. Upstate Al
    Upstate Al
    Hi Martin
    I too have been lurking around for a while- so much information- so much to learn. A few of my favorites are: Victory in Jesus, The Solid Rock, and In the Garden.

    Al
  4. Martin Whitehead
    Martin Whitehead
    Those are some good ones Kat and Al. I'm going to add Unclouded Day to my list.
  5. Susan H.
    Susan H.
    Hey Martin, thanks for starting it off. I like all the songs listed so far. But, I'd like to add a few.
    Are You Washed In The Blood?
    I Feel Like Traveling On
    When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder.
    In The Sweet By and By
    Precious Memories.
    Sweet Hour of Prayer.
    There Is A Fountain.
    Lamb of Glory.
    Just to name a few. Sometimes I will get the hymn book we use at church (for violin) and just flip through the pages and play what I can.
  6. mr.Bill
    mr.Bill
    working on a building,amazing grace
  7. Tony Perkins
    Tony Perkins
    here's a youtube video of Bill Monroe I really like. Wayfaring Stranger.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI92oDdXazg
  8. Jon Hall
    Jon Hall
    Some that haven't been mentioned:
    There'll Be No Distinction There
    50 Miles of Elbow Room
    River of Jordan
    Hallelujah, I'm Ready
    I'll Be Listening
    Jesus Is On The Mainline
    You Can't Hurry My God
  9. Gerard Dick
    Gerard Dick
    Hi, I just stumbled over this site today.
    Rock of Ages,
    How Great Thou Art
    Come thou Font of Every Blessing
    Anybody do these in chord melody? Finds the inversion of the chord that puts the melody note near the top.
  10. Jim Kirkland
    Jim Kirkland
    Just joined the group, give me a couple of days and I will add to the list. I love Amazing Grace and What a Friend We have In Jesus.
  11. Jim Kirkland
    Jim Kirkland
    A couple more of my favorites:
    Sinner it's Time
    Little Mountain Church House
    Meeting in the Air
    Ain't No Grave
    It's Meeting Time
    All Prayed Up
    Daddy doesn't Pray Anymore
    I Believe
    There is just too many to list, Gospel is my favorite.
  12. gjproject
    gjproject
    Those are all great gospel songs. Here are some more of my faves both to play and hear:

    Get Down On Your Knees And Pray
    He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
    Heaven
    Using My Bible For A Roadmap
    Gospel Plow

    There are so many more !!! I'll be checking on other posts to see more!!
  13. Fstpicker
    Fstpicker
    In the Garden
    Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
    In the Sweet Bye and Bye
    Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
    Brethren, We Have Met Together
    Sweet Hour of Prayer
    I'm Pressing on the Upward Way/Higher Ground
    Are You Washed in the Blood
    The Church in the Wildwood
    Unclouded Day
    The Old Rugged Cross
    What Wondrous Love is This
    I'll Be Somewhere Listening for my Name
    Will There Be Any Stars in my Crown
    What A Friend We Have in Jesus
    Let All Things Now Living
  14. PAMandoMan
    PAMandoMan
    Harbor of Love
    Jesus is the Key to the Kingdom
    An Old Account Settled
    Hallelujah,We Shall Rise
    I'll Reap my Harvest in Heaven
    Where the Soul Never Dies
  15. Dukaine
    Dukaine
    Hi all,
    Our little Bluegrass gospel group has been playing old time gospel tunes many of which have been mentioned here but two I didn't see are Poor Wayfaring Stranger and Light at the River.
    Best,
    D
  16. Jim Kirkland
    Jim Kirkland
    Wayfaring stranger is great. I do this song in A Minor.
  17. dyerstraits3
    dyerstraits3
    Does anyone have tab for some of these songs that they would like to share? The easier the better, 'cuz I'm kinda new at this whole mandolin thing. Thanks!
  18. bugl3t
    bugl3t
    I hope someone posts the tab/chords/lyrics for these... I know you can find stuff at Chordie.com and have it marked up for mandolin. I'm just beginning, so I only know about 4-5 chords and am using the Mandolin Basics and Beyond DVD to learn. I've played guitar for over 40 yrs and it seems like the intervals for mandolins are easier to understand.
  19. John Radcliffe
    John Radcliffe
    At the nursing home where I play guitar on Saturdays Mansion over the Hilltop and Jesus Loves Me are popular.
    On mandolin, I am working on Wayfaring Stranger and Oh How I Love Jesus.
  20. Jon Hall
    Jon Hall
    Here's a few of the songs our group plays.

    No Not One
    I Love to Tell the Story
    No Distinction
    In the Garden
    Never Grow Old
    He Set Me Free
    You Can't Stand Up Alone
    The River of Jordan
  21. Susan H.
    Susan H.
    These are all wonderful songs, wow! I play on Fridays at a retirement home and most of my pieces are gospel songs. I don't always play well, but I'm doing my best. They're just glad someone took the time to come out and play. Good practice for me. I've got some new material to go look up now with all these suggestions! A song I just started learning is Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. I know it's a Christmas song, but, I'll have it ready for Next Year! And I'm working on Greensleeves too.
  22. justkaron
    justkaron
    Dunno if the name is 'this world is not my home'....or....'I can't feel at home in this world anymore...

    In the Garden

    Peace in the Valley

    Angel Band
  23. crisscross
    crisscross
    Farther along

    I am a Pilgrim

    What a friend we have in Jesus https://soundcloud.com/tele1310/what...-have-in-jesus
  24. justkaron
    justkaron
    Crisscross...is your name Chris

    Anyhow....LOVED your rendition of "What a Friend We Have In Jesus"
  25. justkaron
    justkaron
    Just posted a thread for "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" with a very simple rendition I did today.
    Maybe some of you can post your rendition on it. I'm sure I'd LOVE that! and others would too!

    Karon
  26. crisscross
    crisscross
    Thanks Karon. Actually, my name is Christian, wich is kind of common here in Germany.
    I got the idea for this tune from the Dan Levensons clawhammer gospel book. Just the right stuff for a mediocre banjoist like myself.
    It contains about 30 gospel tunes with melody line, lyrics for one verse and clawhammer banjo tab. Another tune that I like is "Just a closer walk with thee". Although most often, you hear Oldtime-Jazz -renditions it works well in a bluegrass kind of feeling: https://soundcloud.com/tele1310/just...walk-with-thee
  27. Sasquatch
    Sasquatch
    Here are a few songs I play frequently in local Gospel jams.

    John The Revelator
    Three Men on a Mountain
    Old Crossroads
    Let Me Walk Lord (By Your Side)
    House of Gold
  28. Sasquatch
    Sasquatch
    Here is a short version of 'Rock of Ages' I did on break at work one afternoon.
  29. Sasquatch
    Sasquatch
    Here is a rough version of 'House of Gold' I tried 6 or 7 months ago.
  30. Gary Flye
    Gary Flye
    A couple of songs I like and am working on:

    Righteous Pathway
    Long Black Train
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