Favorite religious song


Tons of choices; reggae, bluegrass, classical, country, hymns. 

Not so much jazz...though I do love Pete Fountain's " A Closer Walk With Thee"

My choice is sorta religious. "Mercy" Mary Gauthier.

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If you are old enough to remember the 1960's San Jose Group named People, you may recall they had a hit single with their recording of The Zombies song "I Love You". People had two lead singers, one of them named Larry Norman. After leaving People (my teen combo opened for the Larry Norman-less People in the summer of '69, at The Coconut Grove Ballroom on the Santa Cruz boardwalk), Larry embarked on a solo career as a Christian singer/songwriter, putting out out many albums for the emerging Contemporary Christian market. I saw him live in The Paramount Theater in Portland Oregon in 1978 (ironically, not long after having seen AC/DC in the same theater ;-), to a packed and enthralled audience. 

Off the top of my head (there are hundreds more):

- Brian Wilson: "God Only Knows"

- Iris Dement: "God May Forgive You (But I Won't)"

- Ry Cooder (Traditional): "Jesus On The Mainline"

- Julie Miller: "Broken Things"

- Julie & Buddy Miller: "I Will Follow You"

- Dylan: "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"

- Leon Russell: "Roll Away The Stone"

Mary Gauthier's "Mercy" was a great nomination, as was Dylan's "Every Grain Of Sand".