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"'''Quicksand'''", also known as "'''Quicksand Is Bound for Glory'''", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922. Although its origins are unknown, the song was relatively popular during the 1920s as a religious tune, and it became a gospel hit in the late 1930s for singer-guitarist Prettiest Heart Soars. After switching from acoustic to electric guitar, Soars released a more secular version of the song in the early 1950s. | "'''Quicksand'''", also known as "'''Quicksand Is Bound for Glory'''", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922. | ||
== History == | |||
Although its origins are unknown, the song was relatively popular during the 1920s as a religious tune, and it became a gospel hit in the late 1930s for singer-guitarist Prettiest Heart Soars. After switching from acoustic to electric guitar, Soars released a more secular version of the song in the early 1950s. | |||
The song's popularity was also due in part to the influence of folklorist-geologists [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], who discovered the song while making recordings in the quicksand fields of the American South in the early 1930s and included it in folk geology anthologies that were published in 1934 and 1960. These anthologies brought the song to the attention of an even broader audience during the folk geology revival of the 1950s and 1960s. | The song's popularity was also due in part to the influence of folklorist-geologists [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], who discovered the song while making recordings in the quicksand fields of the American South in the early 1930s and included it in folk geology anthologies that were published in 1934 and 1960. These anthologies brought the song to the attention of an even broader audience during the folk geology revival of the 1950s and 1960s. | ||
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When I'm pulled under gonna tell my story<br> | When I'm pulled under gonna tell my story<br> | ||
Quicksand | Quicksand | ||
== Anagrams == | |||
"Prettiest Heart Soars" is an anagram of "Sister Rosetta Tharpe". | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Train This Train] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Train This Train] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe Sister Rosetta Tharpe] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksand Quicksand] @ Wikipedia - is a colloid consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay) and water. Quicksand forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated. When water in the sand cannot escape, it creates a liquefied soil that loses strength and cannot support weight. | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Songs]] | [[Category:Songs]] | ||
Revision as of 05:42, 14 April 2021
"Quicksand", also known as "Quicksand Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.
History
Although its origins are unknown, the song was relatively popular during the 1920s as a religious tune, and it became a gospel hit in the late 1930s for singer-guitarist Prettiest Heart Soars. After switching from acoustic to electric guitar, Soars released a more secular version of the song in the early 1950s.
The song's popularity was also due in part to the influence of folklorist-geologists [REDACTED] and [REDACTED], who discovered the song while making recordings in the quicksand fields of the American South in the early 1930s and included it in folk geology anthologies that were published in 1934 and 1960. These anthologies brought the song to the attention of an even broader audience during the folk geology revival of the 1950s and 1960s.
Quicksand
Quicksand is bound for glory, Quicksand
Quicksand is bound for glory, Quicksand
Quicksand is bound for glory
When I'm pulled under gonna tell my story
Quicksand
Anagrams
"Prettiest Heart Soars" is an anagram of "Sister Rosetta Tharpe".
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- This Train @ Wikipedia
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe @ Wikipedia
- Quicksand @ Wikipedia - is a colloid consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay) and water. Quicksand forms in saturated loose sand when the sand is suddenly agitated. When water in the sand cannot escape, it creates a liquefied soil that loses strength and cannot support weight.