Artist	Song
Sonny Treadway	Amazing Grace (Sacred Steel)
Dry Branch Fire Squad	When I Went Down To The Valley To Pray (16 Top Bluegrass Gems)
John Hartford	Turn Your Radio On (Aereo-Plain)
Van Morrison	Full Force Gale (Into The Music)
Big Star	Jesus Christ (Third/Sister Lovers)
Townes Van Zandt	Two Hands (High, Low And In Between)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	All Prayed Up (Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3)
The Byrds	The Christian Life (Sweetheart Of The Radio)
Emmylou Harris	Where Could I Go But To The Lord (Angel Band)
Daniel Lanois	The Maker (Acadie)
June Carter Cash	Anchored In Love (Church In The Wildwood)
Kris Kristofferson	Why Me (Songs of Kristofferson)
Gram Parsons	In My Hour Of Darkness (Sacred Hearts and Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology)
Bruce Cockburn	Somebody Touched Me (Nothing But A Burning Light)
Johnny Cash	Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) (The Essential Johnny Cash)
Ben Harper	Picture Of Jesus (Diamonds On The Inside)
Iris Dement	Leaning On The Everlasting Arms (Lifeline)
Chris Bell	Look Up (I Am The Cosmos)
Emmylou Harris	All That You Have Is Your Soul (All I Intended To Be)

Comment:

This mix was inspired (and, admittedly, heavily copied from) G-Sphere's "Amazing Grace" mix, which is my favorite mix I have downloaded from this site. The religious theme is obvious, but more than that I think there is a theme of sin and redemption which is pretty compelling.

Both Emmylou Harris and Iris Dement have put out CDs of mostly hymns, although both are considered to be liberal activists, which I find interesting. In the liner notes to her CD, Iris Dement commented that the songs really weren't about religion, but comfort, and that they were a sort of lifeline through a season of hardship, which is how I think of these songs myself.

I was originally going to end my mix as G-Sphere's ends, with Judy Collins' Amazing Grace, which is one of my favorite songs, but it didn't seem to flow. Also, I recently acquired the amazing new CD from the incomparable Emmylou Harris, All I Intended to Be, and so I had to allow myself to indulge in putting two Emmylou songs on here, which I think is only fair, since the heaven I imagine features her angelic voice!

Full Force Gale, Christian Life, The Maker, Anchored in Love (the original Carters' version), and Look Up are some of my all-time favorite songs.

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