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The Glory Road: A Gospel Gypsy Life,Used
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Stories and songs from a childhood spent in a vanished world of revivals and road showsAnita Faye Garner grew up in the Southjust about every corner of it. She and her musical family lived in Texarkana, Bossier City, Hot Springs, Jackson, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Pascagoula, Bogalusa, Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans, and points between, picking up sticks every time her father, a Pentecostal preacher known as Brother Ray, took over a new congregation.In between jumpstarting churches, Brother Ray took his wife and kids out on the gospel revival circuit as the Jones Family Singers. Ray could sing and play, and Sister Fern (Mama) was a celebrated singer and songwriter, possessed of both talent and beauty. Rounding out the band were the young Garner (known as Nita Faye then) and her big brother Leslie Ray. At allday singings and tent revivals across the South, the Joneses made a joyful noise for the faithful and loaded into the car for the next stage of their tour.But growing up gospel wasnt always joyous. The kids practically raised and fended for themselves, bonding over a shared dislike of their rootless life and strict religious upbringing. Sister Fern dreamed of crossing over from gospel to popular music and recording a hit record. An unlikely combination of preachers wife and glamorous performer, she had the talent and presence to make a splash, and her remarkable voice brought Saturday night rock and roll to Sunday morning music. Always singing, performing, and recording at the margins of commercial success, Sister Fern shared a backing band with Elvis Presley and wrote songs recorded by Johnny Cash and many other artists.In her touching memoir The Glory Road, Anita Faye Garner recreates her remarkable upbringing. The story begins with Rays attempts to settle down and the familys inevitable return to the gospel circuit and concludes with Sister Ferns brushes with stardom and the familys journey west to California where they finally landedwith some unexpected detours along the way. The Glory Road carries readers back to the 1950s South and the intersections of faith and family at the very roots of American popular music.For more information about the book and Anita Garner, visit www.thegloryroad.com or www.anitagarner.com
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