The Gospel Ranger

Radio Diaries

Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This is the story of a song, “Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down.” It was written by a 12-year-old boy on what was supposed to be his deathbed. But the boy didn’t die. Instead, he went on to become a Pentecostal preacher, and later helped inspire the birth of Rock & Roll.

The boy’s name was Brother Claude Ely, and he was known as The Gospel Ranger.

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0:00.0	Last day is a show about the moments that change us.
0:03.0	I just don't think I will ever get used to this.
0:06.0	I'm Stephanie Little's Wax, and I have had one of these moments.
0:10.0	We all have.
0:11.0	So let's unpack the chaos that is our human existence together.
0:14.0	I don't believe things happen for a reason.
0:16.0	I don't believe the universe has a plan.
0:18.0	Each week, I sit down with a new guest
0:20.0	to explore happy, sad stories of transformation.
0:23.0	It's leaning far, far into the pain.
0:26.0	That's what it is.
0:27.0	Listen to last day wherever you get your podcasts.
0:32.0	Radio Tapio.
0:35.0	From PRX.
0:37.0	From PRX's Radio Tapia, this is Radio Diaries.
0:40.0	I'm Joe Richmond.
0:44.0	There ain't no grave, can hold my body down.
0:49.0	There ain't no grave, can hold my body down.
0:52.0	This is one of the last songs that Johnny Cash recorded before he died.
0:56.0	When I hear that trumpet sound.
1:00.0	One of the things to know about this song
1:02.0	is that it's had many, many different lives.
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