“He Laid His Hand”Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson & the Spiritual Voices
(feat. Zacardi Cortez)
From the Worldwide Music CD Back to Basics Chapter Two (2011)
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Possessing raw, shouting preacher-like vocal styles, Keith “Wonderboy” Johnson and Zacardi Cortez (“The Blood,” “I Believe”) are ideally suited to do a duet. On “He Laid His Hand,” the duet comes to pass.
The song, which features the quintessential quartet “mother on her sickbed” story, apexes with a prophetic litany of diseases that will leave the body. Female background vocalists provide cool constrast to Johnson and Cortez’s apoplectic vocal fireblasts following the story’s happy ending with a spritz of cool ‘70s soul harmonies.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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