Cheatham, Russ.

Bad boy of gospel music the Calvin Newton story / [electronic resource] : Russ Cheatham. - Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2003. - xvi, 342 p. : ill. - American made music series . - American made music series. .

Includes discography (p. 319-325), videography (p. 325-326), bibliographical references (p. 327-330), and index.

Ancestors -- Big boy -- Bible training school -- Headed straight to the top -- Singing like an angel, fighting like a demon -- Advice from two sources -- In the army -- Wild and crazy -- The battle of the bands -- Touring and recording -- The slide -- A new era -- A matter of style -- The magic of their singing -- Ralph Carmichael-- a contract with God -- The fat lady sings -- "We sang at every-- pig trail in the state" -- Gentlemen songsters off on a spree -- Picking up the pieces -- From rock'n'roll to rock bottom -- Searching -- Wonder woman -- Wedding bells and prison cells -- If I had wings -- Musical chairs -- Gospel fried chicken -- Still magic after all these years -- Making money -- Awakening -- Colson and parole -- Out of the depths -- The holy accident -- Redemption -- Wasted years-- why? -- Sunset.


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1578065526 (cloth alk. paper) 1578065534 (pbk. alk. paper) 9781578065530 9781604735918 (e-book)




Newton, Calvin, 1928-


Gospel musicians--United States--Biography.


Electronic books.

ML420.N478 / C4 2003eb

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