Carl Story (May 29, 1916–March 31, 1995)

Biography

Carl Story was an American bluegrass musician and leader of his band the Rambling Mountaineers, known as the "Father of Bluegrass Gospel Music."

Discography

1958 Gospel Quartet Favorites (Mercury Records/MG 20323): Family Reunion; Light At The River; Echoes From The Burning Bush; Gone Home; Are You Afraid To Die; My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out; Saviour's Love; God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds; I've Found A Hiding Place; He Will Set Your Fields On Fire; The Circle Was Broken; My Lord Keeps A Record.

1959 Carl Story And His Rambling Mountaineers (Starday Records/SLP-107): Life Boat; I'll Be A Friend; This Lonesome Road; Hide Me (Rock Of Ages); The Circle Was Broken; I Heard My Mother Weeping; Old Gospel Ship; Shout And Shine; Set Your House In Order; Old Country Baptizing; My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out; Don't You Love Your Daddy Too.

1960 More Gospel Quartet Favorites (Mercury Records/MG 20584): Are You Walking And A-Talking With The Lord; Are You Washed In The Blood; Four Books In The Bible; From The Manger To The Cross; God Saved My Soul; God Had A Son In Service; Heaven's Inside; Heaven's My Home; He Will Set Your Fields On Fire; If You Don't Love Your Neighbor; Keep On The Firing Line; When The Pearly Gates Swing Open.

1961 Gospel Revival (Starday Records/SLP-127): Light At The River; I Heard My Name On The Radio; If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again; When Jesus Spoke To Me; Be Kind To Mother; For My Lord; Angel Band; Family Reunion; Ship That's Sailing Down; I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray; Someone's Last Day; Sweeter Than The Flowers; Somebody Touched Me; Life's Evening Sun.

1961 Everybody Will Be Happy (Starday Records/SLP-137): Tramp On The Street; Nearer My God To Thee; Hiding Place; Cabin In Glory; He Set Me Free; If We Never Meet Again; Hear Jerusalem Moan; What A Wonderful Saviour; I've Got A Home; Were You There; Long Ago; Everybody Will Be Happy.

1962 Get Religion (Starday Records/SLP-152): Why Don't You Haul Off And Get Religion; Lord Lead Me On; Gloryland Way; We Shall Meet Someday; An Empty Mansion; Unclouded Day; New Jerusalem Way; You Can't Believe Everything You Hear; I Feel Like Traveling On; I Can Tell You The Time; Give Me The Roses; Just One Way To The Gate.

1963 Mighty Close To Heaven (Starday Records/SLP-219): Amazing Grace; You Don't Love God (If You Don't Love Your Neighbor); Row Us Over The Tide; Hand In Hand; Rank Stranger; Campin' In Canaan Land; Follow Him; Just One Rose Will Do; I'll Need The Prayers Of Those I Love; My Time Will Come Someday; Mighty Close To Heaven; A Picture From Life's Other Side.

1964 All Day Sacred Singing (Starday Records/SLP-278): Love Lifted Me (Congregation); Introduction Of Carl Story; Living By Faith; How About You; Introduction Of Rev. McComas; Sermon; Nothing But The Blood Of Jesus; My Lord Keeps A Record; Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All; An Old Timer Showed Me The Way; I Love The Hymns They Sang At Mother's Grave; No Room; Will There Be A Traffic Light; Reunion In Heaven; Jesus Jesus (Congregation).

1964 Good Ole Mountain Gospel Music (Mercury Wing Records/MGW 12291/SRW 16291): I'm Heaven Bound; Waiting For Me; Family Reunion; Saviour's Love; Light At The River; No End To Heaven; Heaven's Inside; I've Found A Hiding Place; Keep On The Firing Line; Lord Lead Me On.

1965 Everybody Will Be Happy (Nashville Records/Starday Records/NLP-2024): Tramp On The Street; Nearer My God To Thee; Hiding Place; Cabin In Glory; I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray; Somebody Touched Me; Hear Jerusalem Moan; Somebody's Last Day; I've Got A Home; Were You There; Long Ago; Everybody Will Be Happy.

1965 Sacred Songs Of Life And The Hereafter (Starday Records/SLP-315): Glory Hallelujah, Now I'm Satisfied; White Dove; Didn't They Crucify My Lord; Why Do You Weep Dear Willow?; Church In The Valley; Someone's Praying For Me; He'll Set Your Fields On Fire; Listen To Your Radio; The Old Country Preacher; Shake My Mother's Hand For Me; Distant Land To Roam; When I Take My Vacation In Heaven.

1965 There's Nothing On Earth That Heaven Can't Cure (Starday Records/SLP-348): He Ran; Hold My Hand; Because Of Calvary; It Is The Judgement Day; Zion Hill; Underneath That Sacred Cover; There's Nothing On Earth That Heaven Can't Cure; Precious Moments; Kneel At The Cross; How Beautiful Heaven Must Be; A Saviour Who Cares; Take Up The Cross.

1966 The Lewis Family Sings The Gospel With Carl Story (Starday Records/SLP-364): I Would Not Be Denied; Standing In The Need Of Prayer; I'm On My Way To Canaan's Land; Will The Circle Be Unbroken; Heaven Bound Train; Fire And Brimstone; The Friends Who Prayed For Me; There's Never An Unguarded Moment; No Hiding Place Down Here; Precious Moments; I Am A Pilgrim; Sinless Summerland.

1966 Glory Hallelujah (Songs Of Faith Records/SOF135): The Greatest Gift; Glory Hallelujah; I'm Going Home; The Lord Is Your Shepherd; It's A Mighty Hard Road; Thank The Lord For Everything; Heavenly Chimes; I'm Ready To Go; The Rock Of My Soul; He Will Walk Through The Shadows With You; Will You Pray For Him Today; Alone.

1966 From The Altar To Vietnam (Scripture Records/120): Pray For Our Service Boys In Vietnam; Alone; I'm Going Home; Glory Hallelujah; Thank The Lord For Everything; The Greatest Gift; Mother's Old; My Lord Keeps A Record; Will You Pray For Him Today; He Will Walk Through The Shadows With You; The Rock Of My Soul; Stop, Look And Listen.

1967 Sing The Gospel Songs You Ask For (Rimrock Records/RLP-100): Get On Board; Will There Be A Traffic Light; Lonesome Road; What A Wonderful Savior; My Journey's End Is Drawing Nigh; I'll Be Happy In My New Home; I'm Ready To Go; Many Religions; I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out; Going Home; I'll Be Somewhere Listening; Father Forgive Them; Why Worry; Cool Chilly Waters; Because Of Him; Reverend Will; I Walk In The Jerusalem Way (with the Brewster Brothers, the Pine Ridge Boys, and other unnamed performers).

1968 My Lord Keeps A Record (Starday Records/SLP-411): My Lord Keeps A Record; Waiting For Me; Rock Of My Soul; He Paid The Penalty; Valley Of Tears; One Minute Till; Like The Prodigal Son; The First Thousand Years; The Almighty Hand; The Royal Telephone; In The Shadow Of The Cross; From Heaven To A Lonely Dark Hill.

1969 Daddy Sang Bass (Starday Records/SLP-438): Light At The River; Highway To Glory; Around The Throne; Use The Little I Am; Going Home; Daddy Sang Bass; By The Hands Of God; What More Could I Do; Shine On Me; Near The Cross; Crying Holy Unto The Lord.

1969 Precious Memories (Starday Records/SLP-447): I've Got A Longing To Go; Won't That Be A Happy Day; Precious Memories; Home Coming; Live Right Every Day; John 3:16; God's Record Book Of Life; Someone Will Love Me In Heaven; My Mother's Bible; Family Altar; I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap; A Mansion In The Sky.

1971 'Neath The Tree Of Life (Pine Tree Records/PTSLP 505): 'Neath The Tree Of Life; Highway To Glory; Won't We Be Happy; Mother Is Old; New Jerusalem Way; The Little White Church In The Valley; Echoes From The Burning Bush; Beyond The Dark Sea; Get On Board Little Children; I Wouldn't Miss It, Would You?; No Stranger There; Mother Taught Me To Read.

1974 Light At The River And Other Bluegrass Favorites (Atteiram Records/API-L-1508A): Are You Walking And Talking (For The Lord); Light At The River; My Lord Keeps A Record; Why Do You Weep Dear Willow?; Mighty Close To Heaven; What A Wonderful Savior Is He; When He Reaches His Hand For Me; I'm A Pilgrim; Gone Home; Precious Memories; Pass Me Not; What A Friend We Have In Jesus.

1975 Mother's Last Word (Atteiram Records/API-L-1520A): Take Me In The Life Boat; Don't You Love Your Daddy, Children; Mother's Last Word; I've Got A Lot To Tell My Jesus; Mother Is Old; You Must Be Born Again; You Don't Love God; I Know The Time Is Near For Me; Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan; Forty Days And Forty Nights; Life's Railway To Heaven; Savior's Love.

1976 Mountain Music (CMH Records/CMH-6204): I Like Mountain Music; I Heard My Mother Weeping; Roust-A-Bout; Rank Strangers; I Saw The Light; True Life Blues; Buckcreek (Instrumental); Action Speaks Louder Than Words; Down In Union County; Another One Waiting For You At Home; I'll Fly Away.

1976 The Bluegrass Gospel Collection (CMH Records/CMH-9005): Somebody Touched Me; We Shall Meet Someday; The Fourth Man; Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone; A Million Years In Glory; Will There Be A Traffic Light; The Sweetest Gift; Heaven Bound Train; When The Angels Carry Me Home; My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me; Shout And Shine; Family Reunion; Are You Afraid To Die; You Can't Believe Everything You Hear; Angel Band; Thank The Lord For Everything; Always Be Kind To Mother; Michael; Angels Rock Me To Sleep; I'm Going Home.

1977 A Lonesome Wail From The Hills (CMH Records/CMH-6220): Little Log Hut (In Old Caroline); The Road To Calvary; Take Me In The Lifeboat; On A Hill Far Away (Instrumental); Thinking Of Me; My Lord Keeps A Record; I'm Rollin' On; Not A Friend In This Whole Wide World; Slick Rock (Instrumental); Green Pastures And Blue Skies; Light At The River; Mama's Bible.

1977 Just A Rose Will Do (Old Homestead Records/OHCS-105): What A Wonderful Savior Is He; Just A Rose Will Do; I Drink From The Fountain; I'm Ready To Go; From The Cross To A Lonely Dark Grave; Angel Band; God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds; I Wouldn't Miss It; Would You?; Gone Home; Hallelujah To His Name; One Step From Heaven's Door; Moses Prayed On The Mountain (with the Brewster Brothers).

1978 My Lord Keeps A Record (Old Homestead Records/OHCS-123): Get On Board; My Lord Keeps A Record; Will There Be A Traffic Light; Lonesome Road; Shadow Of Death; What A Wonderful Savior; I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out; God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds; Every Tongue Shall Confess; God Won’t Put More On Us Than We Can Bear; Do You Ever Pray; Last Reunion Day (with the Brewster Brothers).

1980 Tennessee Border (Cattle Records/LP 11): Tennessee Border; I Watched You Walk Away; Mighty Close To Heaven; You Can't Believe Everything You Hear; Are You Walking And A-Talking With The Lord; Are You Washed In The Blood; Four Books In The Bible; From The Manger To The Cross; God Saved My Soul; God Had A Son In Service; Heaven's Inside; Heaven's My Home; He Will Set Your Fields On Fire; If You Don't Love Your Neighbor; Keep On The Firing Line; When The Pearly Gates Swing Open.

1980 It's A Mighty Hard Road To Travel (Country Records/CS-6004): Heavenly Child; I'm Ready To Go; The Rock Of My Soul; He Will Walk Through The Shadows With You; Will You Pray For Him Today; Alone; The Greatest Gift; Hallelujah; I'm Going Home Someday; The Lord Is My Shepherd; It's A Mighty Hard Road To Travel; Thank The Lord For Everything (with the Brewster Brothers).

1982 A Beautiful City (Strictly Country Records/SCR-5): Angels Rock Me To Sleep; Lord, Lead Me On; Everybody Will Be Happy; Where The Soul Never Dies; No End To Heaven; I'm Heaven Bound; Troubles And Trials; Get On Board Little Children; Old Gospel Ship; Life's Evening Sun; Who Will Sing For Me; Paul And Silas; A Beautiful City (compilation of previously released material).

1982 The Early Years 1953-1955 (Old Homestead Records/OHCS-144): Step It Up And Go; Have You Come To Say Goodbye; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Love And Wealth; A Million Years In Glory; On The Other Shore; My Lord Keeps A Record; Someone To Lean On; It's A Lonesome Road; Love Me Like You Used To Do; I Love The Hymns They Sang At Mother's Grave; Reunion In Heaven; You've Been Tom Cattin' Around; What A Line (compilation of previously released material).

Songwriter's Résumé

(Partial List)

Action Speaks Louder Than Words
Another One Waiting For You At Home
Be Kind To Mother
Cabin In Glory
Do You Ever Pray
Don't You Love Your Daddy Too
Every Tongue Shall Confess
Fire And Brimstone
From Heaven To A Lonely Dark Hill
Give Me The Roses
Glory Hallelujah
Glory Hallelujah, Now I'm Satisfied
Gloryland Way
God Had A Son In Service
God Won’t Put More On Us Than We Can Bear
He Will Walk Through The Shadows With You
Heavenly Child
Hiding Place
I Heard My Mother Weeping
I Heard My Name On The Radio
I Love The Hymns They Sang At Mother's Grave
I Watched You Walk Away
I'll Need The Prayers Of Those I Love
I'm Going Home
It's A Mighty Hard Road
I've Got A Home
I've Got A Lot To Tell My Jesus
Just One Way To The Gate
Last Reunion Day
Listen To Your Radio
Little Log Hut (In Old Caroline)
Long Ago
Mother Is Old
My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me
New Jerusalem Way
No End To Heaven
Not A Friend In This Whole Wide World
Old Country Baptizing
Rock Of My Soul
Ship That's Sailing Down
Someone's Last Day
Someone's Praying For Me
Thank The Lord For Everything
The Circle Was Broken
The Greatest Gift
The Lord Is Your Shepherd
The Old Country Preacher
This Lonesome Road
We Shall Meet Someday
What A Wonderful Saviour
Why Don't You Haul Off And Get Religion
Will You Pray For Him Today