Andrew McRae wrote:Okay, we've had 'best country' and 'best blues' - so how about the next obvious category - gospel.
My vote goes for "Softly & Tenderly" from "Four Legends" on record, though if it's down to live performance then I have to recall that memorable "Old Rugged Cross" at the conclusion of the Rainbow '77 show.
Another very moving one is 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken' from Wembley 1990, where he says: 'I hate to see the best friend Jerry Lee Lewis ever had have to go', talking about his mother of course.
Several of the gospel songs on Caribou Sessions are also very moving - such as 'Sawdust Trail' where he talks about his mother watching him being 'saved' - 'though I haven't lived it' he says.
And 'Just A Closer Walk With Thee' - 'when Jerry Lee's feeble life is over I'll be safely carried o'er to thy shore' - that line brings tears to my eyes.
And also 'In The Garden' from the same sessions ('I'm talking about Heaven, brother!'), and also on Austin City Limits. You don't have to be religious to be moved by these songs sung from the heart.
Long ago in Ferriday down in Louisiana, They all watched Jerry play and pump that old piana
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