FRETS AND REEDS: GOSPEL STYLE!, by El McMeen and Ed Maina

FRETS AND REEDS: GOSPEL STYLE!

by El McMeen and Ed Maina

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1.	Will the Circle Be Unbroken 02:04	buy track
2.	Medley: Once to Every Man and Nation/Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 03:25	buy track
3.	Give Me Jesus 03:40	buy track
4.	Were You There 02:04	buy track
5.	Resurrection Power 02:40	buy track
6.	Go, Tell It on the Mountain 03:01	buy track
7.	Angel Band 03:07	buy track
8.	Drifting Too Far from the Shore 03:09	buy track
9.	Jacob's Ladder 03:33	buy track
10.	In the Garden 02:51	buy track
11.	Power in the Blood 03:18	buy track
12.	Medley: Let Us Break Bread Together/Kumbaya 03:27	buy track
13.	13 Medley: Just a Closer Walk with Thee/What a Friend We Have in Jesus 04:18	buy track

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Both El and Ed thank the Lord Jesus Christ for empowering them to play music and opening the door for them to meet and collaborate on these gospel gems! El is an award-winning acoustic guitarist, and Ed is a Blues Hall of Famer, who has played with many bands, including those of Maynard Ferguson and Frank Sinatra.

All tracks have El on steel-string guitar, tuned CGDGAD, bass to treble, capoed at various positions on the neck. Ed plays various instruments on the tracks, including soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and oboe (Akai EWI 1000 for playing/controlling Yamaha VL-70 for the oboe).

El's website is: elmcmeen.com
Ed's website is: edmaina.com
Marc's website is: targetstudios.com

Acknowledgments: Both El and Ed are grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ for gifts bestowed on them, and also to their families for love and support throughout their respective musical journeys. Thanks also to Marc Moss for the mixing and mastering, and design work on the Digipak.

Psalm 150 (KJV): 1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

... and praise Him with woodwinds of all kinds!

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released March 25, 2022

Mixed and Mastered by Marc Moss, Target Studios, Red Hook, NY.

El endorses Elixir(r) guitar strings. Ed endorses “The Growling Saxophone” Origin Series by Melvin Quiñones.

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El McMeen Sparta, New Jersey

El has been honored as one of the 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists www.tinyurl.com/greatestguitarists. His music has been called "unbridled acoustic beauty" and "drop-dead gorgeous." He has been called a "virtuoso player" and a "true treasure." He is an ordained Christian minister, and gives credit and glory to the Lord for anything of value in his music. Psalm 150. ... more

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