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Oxford American special annual music issue and CD. Story in the John Grisham founded mag ruled obscene at the Collinsville Public Library circa 2003

Story in print issue, link to follow

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/ ... the-spirit

Thanks for the link. Looks very interesting.

P.S. The Old Regular Baptists are actually a distinct denomination from the Primitive Baptists.

Pretty sure Jean Ritchie was an Old Regular Baptist, too.

One of the bigger differences (generally) between Old Regulars and Primitives is that the latter hold the five points of TULIP, while very few Old Regulars do. Based on my limited experience I'd say worship styles of Appalachian Primitives are often more like their Old Regular neighbors than to other Primitives off at a distance. One of the more obvious is that most of them will not use a tune book (book with words & music). The vast majority of Primitive Baptists in Texas use a seven-shape note song book of one variety or the other. (There are a few "Absoluters" who use the Lloyd's Hymn Book or Goble's Hymn Book (words only).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7nclwcsXmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ADDvooTHPc

A couple of my favorites by Hazel Dickens. The church services in the Old Regular Baptist churches were pretty intense. Most of the sermons started and finished at the same place, and were, in and of themselves, an art form of singing, wailing, shouting and emotional utterances. Not exactly informative or loaded with content, but certainly inspirational. But the music is unique, and really is the essence of the worship experience. The Hazel Dickens songs I posted aren't church music, but I still love the style, and I love her passion for people who are down and out.