Alabama Astronaut

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4.4 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ex-preacher and musician Abe Partridge went on a journey to discover songs never recorded, but passed down for generations in Appalachia. He discovered the largest repository of undocumented music were in Pentecostal churches where preachers employed the controversial practice of handling snakes. But once getting over the customs of their unconventional worship, Partridge developed a true appreciation for the people, their beliefs, and their music. He’d eventually convince a snake-handling preacher/musician and his wife to record the songs of their faith. In the podcast “Alabama Astronaut,” host Ferrill Gibbs relays Partridge’s odyssey through an often ridiculed subculture and his hunt for the folk art long hidden. It focuses less on the spectacle of handling snakes and drinking poison and more on how it informs their little-known musical expressions.

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0:00.0	To get the Crime Riders on after show right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime
0:06.0	media.
0:07.0	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Riders On.
0:23.5	Crime Riders On is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime, pop
0:27.7	culture, other podcasts, and on this episode, a songwriter visits Appalachian churches
0:33.0	to discover something long hidden from the world.
0:36.6	It's the undocumented music used in the religious services of snake handling preachers.
0:42.0	We'll discuss Alabama astronaut.
0:45.2	Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author, TV journalist and host of these
0:50.0	are their stories podcast, my husband and love of my life, Kevin Flynn.
0:54.6	Hi Kevin.
0:55.6	Hola Rebecca.
0:57.3	Also with us is private investigator, certified pet detective, resident cat lady, an author
1:02.8	of the Piper Green series of cozy mysteries, Laura Bricker.
1:07.0	Hi Laura.
1:08.0	Hey Rebecca.
1:09.9	And finally, our resident doubting Thomas, the author of the city trilogy of novels, host
1:15.3	of the Stranger Rivals podcast and our Patreon Deep Dive Bookload podcast, Toby Ball.
1:21.1	Hey Toby.
1:22.1	Hello Rebecca.
1:23.1	Alright so Kevin, this is obviously Thursday's podcast.
1:25.8	It is obviously.
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