“Running”Johnny Gatlin
From the Byrd Records CD
The Sanctified Review Project: Volume 1 (2010)
Singer-songwriter Roy Tyler introduced TBGB to Johnny Gatlin recently. Gatlin is a Bay Area gospel singer who mixes new material with traditional classics on The Sanctified Review Project: Volume 1.
“Running” is one of the traditional selections: a smoky, guitar-led gospel blues version of “Ninety-Nine and a Half Won’t Do.” Gatlin channels John Lee Hooker’s understated but searing vocals and lessens the pressure with occasional micro bursts of emotion. On the single, Gatlin not only runs to make a hundred, he tells you how.
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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