NRR Project: “I’ll Fly Away”
Composed by Albert E. Brumley
Performed by the Chuck Wagon Gang
Recorded 1948
2:43
Oooh! Here’s a really good explanatory essay by Bill C.Malone at the National Recording Registry.
This gospel standard is an elegant and tuneful number, easy to remember and easy to harmonize. No wonder it’s so popular! Its fervent energy speaks of the longing for spiritual release, a feeling everyone can identify with.
The National Recording Registry Project tracks one writer’s expedition through all the recordings in the National Recording Registry in chronological order. Next time: John Kirkpatrick plays Charles Ives’ Piano Sonata No. 2.
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