The Late Bayard Rustin

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
Playlist:
THEME: "How Long Blues" – Jimmy Yancey, piano
"Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" - Bayard Rustin
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" – Bayard Rustin
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" – Sister O.M. Terrell
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" – Paul Robeson
"Amazing Grace" – Paul Robeson
"Amazing Grace" – Doug & Sandy McMaster
"I Saw the Light" – Rev. Gary Davis
"Gospel Train" – Wright Brothers
"This Train" – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
"You’ve Got to Move" – Two Gospel Keys
"You Got To Move" – Clarence Fountain
"Oh Mary Don’t You Weep" – Bayard Rustin
"Angel Band" – Anonymous 4
"Angel Band" – Johnny Cash
"Nearer My God to Thee" - Mississippi John
"Count Your Blessings" – Jackson Gospel Singers
"Beams of Heaven" - Phoebe Snow
"Oh Happy Day" – Aretha Franklin & Mavis Staples
Steve Post recounts his acquaintance with the late Bayard Rustin, who was a singer as well as a major civil rights leader. Steve plays several of his pieces and many more spirituals and gospel songs by other artists, including Paul Robeson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples and more.

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