Easter Sunday

The Resurrection of Jesus has inspired a lot of great bluegrass music. Here are some examples:

  • All in the Hands of Jesus
    • Marty Raybon “Full Circle” (Doobie Shea)
  • Because He Lives
    • Joe Mullins and the Radio Rambers “Another Day in Life” (Rebel)
  • Be Not Afraid
    • Damian Muller “You’ve Still Got It” (Thornrose Music)
  • Cradle to Cross to Crown
    • New Tradition “Cradle, Cross, Crown” (Mountain Home)
  • Child of the King
    • The Harper Family “Through It All” (Pisgah Ridge)
  • Christ Arose
    • The Isaacs “Stand Still” (Horizon)
  • Crosses and Stones
    • Dale Ann Bradley “Send the Angels” (Mountain Home)
  • Easter Parade
    • The Lewis Family “Handmade Harmony” (Daywind)
  • From the Third Day On
    • Wheeler “Bluegrass Gospel” (Mountain Roads)
  • Friday, Sunday’s Coming
    • Tim O’Brien “Where the River Meets the Road” (Howdy Skies)
  • Garden Tomb
    • The Isaacs “Labor of Love” (Morning Star)
    • John Bowman “Family Chain” (Mountain Home)
    • The Isaacs & the Oak Ridge Boys “Industrial Strength Bluegrass” (Smithsonian Folkways)
  • Gleams of That Golden Morning
    • The Bluegrass Cardinals “What Have You Done For Him?” (BGC)
    • The Forbes Family “Best of…” (Rebel)
  • Glory Glory
    • Honi Deaton and Dream “Promise to a Soldier” (CMG)
  • Gonna Rise and Shine
    • Alan Bibey and Grasstowne (single/Mountain Fever Records)
  • He Arose
    • Blue Moon Rising “On the Rise” (Lonesome Day)
  • He Did Rise
    • Monroe Crossing “Into the Fire” (no label)
  • He is Risen (P. Overstreet)
    • The New Tradition “Seed of Love” (Brentwood)
    • Julie Wingfield “One Day Soon” (HBRD)
    • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver “Gospel Parade” (Sugar Hill)
  • He is Risen (E. Hill)
    • Patent Pending “A Child of God” (Copper Creek) Also on 1998 Copper Creek Sampler Disc.
  • He is Risen From the Grave
    • Front Range “The Road Home” (Bristlecone)
  • He Lives
    • Jerry and Tammy Sullivan “Tomorrow” (Ceili)
  • He’s Passing This Way
    • High Fidelity “Hills and Home” (Rebel)
  • His Tomb Is Empty Now
    • Balsam Range “Moxie and Mettle” (Mountain Home)
  • Hole in the Ground
    • Breaking Grass “Just as Strong” (Mountain Fever)
  • I Am the Man, Thomas
    • Bill Grant and Delia Belle “Rollin'”(Rebel)
    • Don Rigsby “Hillbilly Heartache” (Rebel)
    • The Stanley Gospel Tradition (Doobie Shea)
    • NewFound Road “NewFound Road” (Mountain Home); also a newer version on “Same Old Place” (Rounder)
    • The Soul Pickers “The Beautiful River of Life” (Blue Circle)
    • John Reischmann and the Jaybirds “Stellar Jays” (Corvus)
  • I Don’t Have to See the Tomb
    • The Primitive Quartet “It’s Wonderful” (Mountain Home)
  • I Found It All in the Blood
    • The Isaac’s “Pieces of Our Past” (Mountain Home)
  • I’m Justified
    • The Del McCoury Band “Family Circle” (McCoury Music)
  • I Wasn’t There
    • Paul Williams “Ain’t God Good” (Rounder)
    • Larry Sparks “New Highway” (Mountain Home)
  • I’ll Rise Again
    • The Tennessee Gentlemen “Headin’ West” (Bluegrass Shack)
    • Mike Auldridge, et al “The Resocasters” with Brad Paisley, vocal (no label)
  • In God’s Time
    • Barry Scott “In God’s Time” (Rebel)
  • In the Resurrection Morning
    • Sacred Reunion featuring Vince Gill, Barry Abernathy, Mark Wheeler, Doyle Lawson, Tim Stafford, Phil Leadbetter, Jim VanCleve & Jason Moore (Billy Blue)
  • Jesus Had Rose from the Dead
    • Paul Williams “Ain’t God Good” (Rounder)
  • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Hymn to Joy)
    • David Johnson “Praise, Promises & Prayers” (Crossroads) Also on Prime Cuts, Vol. 26.
  • Mary Magdalene
    • Don Rigsby “The Voice of God” (Rebel)
  • More than Enough
    • New Tradition “Cradle, Cross, Crown” (Mountain Home)
  • On My Mother’s Side
    • Jerusalem Ridge and LeRoy Mack “Together” (no label)
  • Praising the Risen Lamb
    • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver “Treasures Money Can’t Buy” (Brentwood)
  • Resurrection Morn
    • New Horizon “He’s There for Me” (Krystal Klear)
  • Roll That Rock Away
    • Bobby and Teddi Cyrus w/ Billy Ray Cyrus
  • Rise Up
    • The Bankesters “Love Has Wheels” (Compass)
  • Search Inside an Empty Tomb
    • The Rarely Herd “What About Him” (Pinecastle)
  • See to Believe
    • The Andy Owens Project “Real Music” (Real)
  • The Empty Grave
    • Gary Ferguson “Without You” (Turquoise)
  • The Garden Tomb
    • John Bowman “Family Chain” (Mountain Home)
  • The Rose of Sharon
    • John Bowman “Take This Road” (Mountain Home)
  • The Stone Was Rolled Away
    • Newtown “NewTown” (no label)
  • The Story of Jesus
    • New Road “What the Lord Gave Us” (no label)
  • Thinking Outside the Box
    • Dave Adkins “Gonna Sing Gonna Shout: Songs of Rick Lang” (Billy Blue)
  • Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones
    • Robin and Linda Williams “Good News” (Sugar Hill)
  • The Tomb is Empty
    • New Road “What the Lord Gave Us” (no label)
  • There is a Story I Have to Tell
    • Gary Ferguson “Timberline” (1-800-Bluegrass)
  • Truth of Love (“Our Lord is Risen”)
    • Andy Owens “One Eye Open” (Real Records)
  • Two Men a Walkin’
    • Charlie Waller and the Country Gentlmen “Crying in the Chapel” (Freeland)
  • Were You There When They Crucified My Lord (with “… when he rose up from the grave” verse)
    • Ricky Skaggs “Soldier of the Cross” (Skaggs Family)
  • When the Son Rose Up That Morning
    • Sideline “Ups, Downs and No Name Towns” (Mountain Home)
  • Who Rolled the Stone Away?
    • Weary Hearts “Faith is the Answer” (Cactus)

(Also: You might want to play something by the Easter Brothers or Jeff and Sheri Easter)

RESURRECTION THEMES (Life, Springtime)

  • Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
    • The Greenbriar Boys “Big Apple Bluegrass” (Vanguard)
  • I’ll Have a New Body
    • Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver “Rock My Soul” (Sugar Hill)
  • I’m Gonna Rise
    • Paul Williams “Old Ways and Old Paths” (Rebel)
  • I’ll Live Again
    • Baucom, Bibey, Graham and Haley (Rebel)
    • The Harper Family “Changes” (CrossRoads Music)
  • Live Beyond the Grave
    • Silver Creek “I’ve Been on the Mountain” (Mark Five)
    • Bluegrass Cardinals “The Shining Path” (Sugar Hill)
  • Springtime in Glory
    • Johnson Mountain Boys “We’ll Still Sing On” (Rounder)
  • Something Going On in the Graveyard
    • Larry Sparks “I Don’t Regret a Mile” (Sparks Music)
  • These Bones Gonna Rise Again
    • The Lewis Family “We’ll Keep Praising His Name” (Canaan)
  • We Shall Rise
    • Joe Val “Bound to Ride” (Rounder)
    • Emmylou Harris “Angel Band” (Warner Bros.)
    • Ralph Stanley (with Josh Turner) “Man of Constant Sorrow” (Cracker Barrel)
  • We Will Rise and Shine
    • The Lewis Family “Crowd Pleasers” (Riversong