Let the Light Shine Down

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Let the Light Shine Down
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Compilation album by
Released1991
Recorded1991
Genre Bluegrass
Progressive bluegrass
Length33:58
Label Rebel Records
Producer Country Gentlemen
Country Gentlemen chronology
Nashville Jail
(1990)
Let the Light Shine Down
(1991)
New Horizon
(1992)
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Let the Light Shine Down is a compilation album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen released in 1991. It contains songs from recordings from 1962 to 1976. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Let the Light Shine Down (Swan) 1:54
  2. Lord Don't Leave Me Here (Jones) 2:19
  3. Waiting for the Boys to Come Home (Presley) 2:24
  4. Along the Way (Duffey) 2:50
  5. I'd Rather Live by the Side of the Road (Albert Brumley) 3:10
  6. Take Me in a Lifeboat (Frank Southern) 2:40
  7. Crying Holy (Traditional) 2:07
  8. Preachin', Prayin', Singin' (McCarty) 1:45
  9. These Men of God (Williams) 2:23
  10. Working on a Road (Lester Flatt) 2:50
  11. Heavenward Bound (John Duffey) 2:16
  12. Paul and Silas (Traditional) 1:45
  13. When They Ring Those Golden Bells (Traditional) 2:57
  14. Beautiful Life (Golden) 2:38

Personnel

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