Pinson, Rev. Leon – Hush Somebody is Calling Me [MARKED DOWN] – New LP

Rev. Leon Pinson 1967 rural acoustic gospel blues, real deal Mississippi.The George Mitchell Collection by Leon Pinson   Roma Wilson & Leon Pinson - New Albany The down-home gospel sounds of renowned Union County musicians Elder Roma Wilson (b. 1910) and Rev. Leon Pinson (1919-1998) won them many admirers among blues and folk music audiences, although they were evangelists rather than blues artists. Partners early in their careers, they performed at a number of festivals after reuniting in 1989. Wilson, who formed one of the first African-American gospel harmonica quartets in the 1940s, was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship in 1994. Elder Roma Wilson  and the Reverend Leon Pinson performed music that accentuated both the similarities and the differences between gospel and the blues. Instrumentally, the music often sounded so much like blues that it was sometimes called “holy blues” or “gospel blues.” But the lyrics of their songs were sacred, not secular, and both Wilson and