Fern Jones The Glory Road (2-LPs)

Her voice was all Saturday night, delivered on a Sunday morning. Patsy on Jesus. Elvis without the pelvis. Fern Jones' only album, released by Dot Records in 1959, captured the 36-year-old Arkansas native as she anointed church music with the same untamed energy that younger white Southerners were bringing to their rock n' roll across the river in Memphis. The Glory Road collects her Singing A Happy Song LP and the exceedingly rare The Joneses Sing album into one rousing package, rich with the details and imagery of a brief career spent tethered to the hard ground and gazing skyward. Fern Jones' sound gnaws at the bit and stands in reverence, a runaway rockabilly tent show without a single drop of rain on the horizon. Expanded 2LP features eight additional tracks and expanded liner notes. Gatefold Jacket.