You Without Sin Cast the First Stone

by Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, Isaiah Owens

Overview

Brother Isaiah Owens is a force of nature. The latest installment in the CaseQuarter label's catalog that showcases the extreme frenzied edge of all-but-underground Southern gospel music is another example of intense, vanguard creativity, spirit-filled vision, and integrity. Having fronted the Flying Clouds of Montgomery, Alabama for over 40 years, Brother Owens bought an electric guitar, learned how to play some chords and went solo. His music is wide open, full of dissonance and space, strange elliptical phrases, dynamic utterances and slurs, and comes from the heart of deep blues. These 18 cuts were recorded by musicologist Kevin Nutt in three separate settings: As broadcasts over WMGY, an AM gospel station in Montgomery, in the studios of that station, and in a proper studio in the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture. The sheer wildness and blessed wailing here is unlike anything one has ever heard, whether it be on traditional hymns or his own compositions. It's rough, brutal and sweet at the same time, like Junior Kimbrough singing gospel accompanied by Wild Man Fischer. The spirit is in Brother Owens and he rises above the flesh by tunneling through the body. He rocks, he rolls, he slips, slides and strolls, with a voice from the highest heaven and a guitar sound from another world. Highly recommended for the stout of heart. This is sanctified gospel, untamed, untainted and beyond the pale. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	06/22/2004
Label:	CASEQUARTER
UPC:	0642623410226

Tracks

1. You Without Sin
2. Jesus Will Provide
3. I'll Fly Away
4. If It Wasn't For the Lord
5. Slip in & Tip In
6. Prayer Wheel
7. I've Been Down to the Water
8. Everything Will Be Alright
9. Yes Jesus Loves Me
10. Cheerful Angels Commercial
11. I Wonder Do You Know
12. Wake Me, Shake Me
13. Nobody's Fault But Mine
14. Heaven Must Be a Beautiful Place
15. God Bless Our Love
16. I've Decided That Jesus Is My Choice
17. He Is Real in My Soul
18. If I've Done Anything Wrong

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Isaiah Owens   Primary Artist
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens   Primary Artist,Guitar
Alexander E. Talbert   Vocals

Technical Credits

Albert E. Brumley   Composer
Kevin Nutt   Audio Production
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens   Composer
Stephen E. Grauberger   Engineer
Steven Joerg   Associate Producer
Chris Flam   Mastering
Yancey J. Allison   Photography