JOHNNY CASH / TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD / KITTY WELLS / HANK SNOW / THE OAK RIDGE QUARTET (BOYS) - Country Gospel - Five Classic Albums (2 CDs)

AVID Country continues with its Five Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release from five country greats, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details;“Johnny Cash: Hymns By”; “Tennessee Ernie Ford: Nearer The Cross”; “Kitty Wells: Singing On Sunday”, “Hank Snow: Sings Sacred Songs” and “The Oak Ridge Quartet [Boys]: Sing And Shout”American country music alongside American blues, r&b and even rock “n” roll have always owed a huge debt to the influence of gospel music in the development of their own particular style of music. Many of the great artists in these musical fields will tell stories of their younger days listening to gospel music in Sunday churches throughout the USA, but perhaps especially in the South where many of the greats were born. Think Elvis, Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Aretha, Hank Snow and most of the early rural blues singers and a host of others! Gospel music was what united black and white musicians when they came to perform the