Psalm Blues 01

Bob Clyde, accompanied by Dave Turner on guitar, presents an interpretation of the Psalms through blues music at Wright Auditorium at East Carolina University, Jan 26, 2010. Bob explains: I have always been intrigued with the feeling tone of the Psalms. About 20 years ago I fell in love with blues and learned to play blues harmonica. At some point I realized the Psalms and the blues paralleled each other in tone. Walter Brueggemann's book, Message of the Psalms, gave me a tool to accentuate the connection. So the blues go to church and the scripture winds up in the streets. I hope the evening will put Brueggemanns book on your regular read shelf and help you understand the Psalms even more deeply. His book and the blues are most effective in addressing the rougher edges of life. The church, ironically, usually tosses out both the heavier poetry of the Psalms and the rawer regions of the blues. By singing and playing the Psalms to blues tunes, perhaps both may make it back into our religious journey by the back door. Come and sing and cry and laugh and moan the Psalms and the blues. Videotaped by Jake Postma for GPAT23, Greenville, NC, USA www.gpattv.org

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• Bob Clyde
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• David Thomas Turner
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I agree, lamentation psalms and blues go great together. My band is the Psalm Blues Band and we have a few sites - see Psalm 60 blues and Place of the Skull Blues. Praise Jesus who volunteered to pay the cost of our sin on the cross!