As on The Minstrel's Progress and The Wastrel's Progress, homespun recordings from yesteryear are interspersed with studio recordings of original and cover material. On The Preacher's Progress are also found antique recordings by Dana Magnuson's family (Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt and Uncle) from the early 1950's. Here is the Preacher's view of his Progress:
"Having handled most of the unsent messages and unspent presages, our Wastrel has foundered on the monuments of time wasted and tasted and has come to events yet untested. His hands are tied but untried, and his heart leads him to wishes without favor, transported from the underside of empathy to the prospect of unlimited disappointment, bridled only by his own naivete. He has seen more than most, less than some, and enough to feel confident ignoring past and future. Time trickles, then rushes, and occasionally stops. Seeking these occasions leads to light years and heavy seconds, with little hope or need for control. Time is its own end, but cannot measure itself. He looks toward only by looking from, and without this vantage he senses his accidental nature. There is duty involved with all growth; the smallest seed properly planted yields function. Dreaming to teach, preaching of dreams, teaching to hope, hoping to preach...any of these may confound time by accident, if we are wary and alert.
'I am now. Now I am. Am I now? I now am.'
Be certain of nothing, for it is most of what is.
Move to the next board."
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.amwaco.com
Track List:
1. I've Been Downthat Road Before
2. Going,going,gone
3. Roomman
4. Stuck Inside Ofmobile With the Memphis Blues Again
5. Streetlight
6. Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
7. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
8. Pictures Fromlife's Other Side
9. Bridge
10. I Dreamed I Saw Saint Augustine
11. Father
12. The Old Rugged Cross
13. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
14. Fishin'
15. Callin' You
16. Pass Me Not O Gentle Saviour
17. The Pale Horse and His Rider
18. Life's Railway to Heaven
19. Great Speckle Bird
20. O That Will Be Glory
21. Tryin' to Get to Heaven
22. Johnny P. Meets the Red Angel
23. Positively Main Street
24. Someday You'll Call My Name
25. Starlight Waltz
26. Rest
27. Swedish Prayer
28. Funeral
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"Having handled most of the unsent messages and unspent presages, our Wastrel has foundered on the monuments of time wasted and tasted and has come to events yet untested. His hands are tied but untried, and his heart leads him to wishes without favor, transported from the underside of empathy to the prospect of unlimited disappointment, bridled only by his own naivete. He has seen more than most, less than some, and enough to feel confident ignoring past and future. Time trickles, then rushes, and occasionally stops. Seeking these occasions leads to light years and heavy seconds, with little hope or need for control. Time is its own end, but cannot measure itself. He looks toward only by looking from, and without this vantage he senses his accidental nature. There is duty involved with all growth; the smallest seed properly planted yields function. Dreaming to teach, preaching of dreams, teaching to hope, hoping to preach...any of these may confound time by accident, if we are wary and alert.
'I am now. Now I am. Am I now? I now am.'
Be certain of nothing, for it is most of what is.
Move to the next board."
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.amwaco.com
Track List:
1. I've Been Downthat Road Before
2. Going,going,gone
3. Roomman
4. Stuck Inside Ofmobile With the Memphis Blues Again
5. Streetlight
6. Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
7. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
8. Pictures Fromlife's Other Side
9. Bridge
10. I Dreamed I Saw Saint Augustine
11. Father
12. The Old Rugged Cross
13. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
14. Fishin'
15. Callin' You
16. Pass Me Not O Gentle Saviour
17. The Pale Horse and His Rider
18. Life's Railway to Heaven
19. Great Speckle Bird
20. O That Will Be Glory
21. Tryin' to Get to Heaven
22. Johnny P. Meets the Red Angel
23. Positively Main Street
24. Someday You'll Call My Name
25. Starlight Waltz
26. Rest
27. Swedish Prayer
28. Funeral
Suggested CDs:Other Genres: