A Brother Remembered

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Tuesday 8th March 2011

Preacher and singer Brother Claude Ely remembered in CD and book package

SPECIALIST label Dust-To-Digital have released a lavish CD and book package commemorating the life and music of pioneering country preacher and singer Brother Claude Ely. Ely, whose "There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down" was featured on the last Johnny Cash recordings, is celebrated on 'Ain't No Grave: The Life And Legacy Of Brother Claude Ely' with a 360-page biography by Macel Ely II based on 1000 interviews with people in the Appalachian Mountains and a CD of rare Pentecostal worship (including a complete sermon from Ely). CR

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