Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus: Sacred Steel, Vol. 4

by Aubrey Ghent

Overview

Ghent is pictured on the cover of this fourth volume in the Sacred Steel Guitars series. He looks friendly and is smartly dressed in a bright blue-hued take on a cleric's said black and white. Aubrey's look is complete with an eye-catching handkerchief and stone set in the collar. He reminds me of the jovial priest who married my sister in a Las Vegas chapel. I do not think Ghent has any desire to stroll the streets of Sin City, but he looks just as fun to be around as that clergyman was. The music on this disc backs up that theory. Herein is the energetic electric steel guitar music that "drives" Holiness-Pentecostal services of southern Florida. As vocalists Lori Ghent and Tarlisha Barr sing praises to the Lord, Ghent answer each line and works on up to an inspired multi-bar melody. A fast, even beat is had from the drums and some. Tasteful coloring is done with keyboards that sound like a trebly organ. The power of the electric steel guitar in this setting show in its vocal-like way of articulating interpretable lines for these spirited gospel hymns. Ghent proves masterful at providing an instrumental answer to "melisma, " the style of African-American vocalists to interject multi-syllable phrasing into a song. This album is equally moving as a musical or spiritual experience. ~ Tom Schulte

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/1997
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297046326
Rank:	103102

Tracks

1. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
2. Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus
3. Amazing Grace
4. I Am Thine Oh Lord
5. When the Saints Go Marching In
6. Sweet, Sweet Spirit
7. What He's Done for Me
8. Walk With Me
9. There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood
10. How Great Thou Art

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Aubrey Ghent   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Steel),Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Tarlisha Barr   Primary Artist
Gary Williams   Drums
Andy Furgeson   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Bob Stone   Producer
John Newton   Composer
Ronny Cates   Engineer
Stuart K. Hine   Composer
Aubrey Ghent   Arranger
Traditional   Composer
Chris Strachwitz   Photography,Executive Producer
James Black   Composer
Public Domain   Composer
Wayne Pope   Cover Design
Tarlisha Barr   Performer
S.K. Hine   Composer