"Jesus On My Mind"
09/14/22 • 63 min
Abe and Ferrill return from the Coots' recording session in Middlesboro, Ky., then conduct an extensive internet search to verify that they are truly the pioneers of recording these songs. They are surprised to discover an artist from New York named Tony Feyer, whose history with the serpent-handling faith includes documenting of one of the most legendary serpent-handling churches of all time: the Church of the Lord Jesus in Jolo, West Virginia.
Tony befriends Ferrill and Abe, and offers to share copies of DAT recordings he produced in the early 90’s. These recordings were the fruit of Tony’s partnership with none other than American folk music documentarian, Alan Lomax.
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American Folklife Center, Library of Congress: Aunt Molly Jackson speaking on serpent handlers
Tony Feyer
Andrew and Taylor Hamblin
Gregory and Cody Coots
Elizabeth "Fish" Gibbs
Cathy Partridge
Abe and Ferrill return from the Coots' recording session in Middlesboro, Ky., then conduct an extensive internet search to verify that they are truly the pioneers of recording these songs. They are surprised to discover an artist from New York named Tony Feyer, whose history with the serpent-handling faith includes documenting of one of the most legendary serpent-handling churches of all time: the Church of the Lord Jesus in Jolo, West Virginia.
Tony befriends Ferrill and Abe, and offers to share copies of DAT recordings he produced in the early 90’s. These recordings were the fruit of Tony’s partnership with none other than American folk music documentarian, Alan Lomax.
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Special thanks this episode:
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress: Aunt Molly Jackson speaking on serpent handlers
Tony Feyer
Andrew and Taylor Hamblin
Gregory and Cody Coots
Elizabeth "Fish" Gibbs
Cathy Partridge
Previous Episode
"Jesus Made the World"
After months of corresponding with Cody and Cassy Coots, Abe decides to make a studio album for them. It's to feature serpent-handling songs that have been sung in Cody's church for generations.
Abe enlists the help of host Ferrill Gibbs to record it, who travels from Houston to meet up with Abe in Birmingham, Alabama. Together, they make a beeline for Middlesboro, Kentucky, in Abe's white touring van.
Once in Middlesboro, the two convert Cody’s great-grandfather’s church – Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name – into a recording studio. With a six-foot rattlesnake lounging nearby (named "Ol' Lemonhead"), Abe, Ferrill and the Coots make a fully-produced, multi-track, multi-instrumental studio album called "The Coots Duo." The rough tracks being a post-production process in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Cody and Cassy Coots
Jay Smack
Brent Busby
Andrew Hamblin and the Free Pentecostal House of Prayer
Greg Coots and the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name
Next Episode
"All Over Me" Part 1
Ferrill tracks down Dennis Covington, author of Salvation on Sand Mountain, only to discover that Mr. Covington suffers from a condition brought about by his own quest for faith, detailed in a 2014 autobiography, "Revelation."
Ferrill pre-interviews Covington, scheduling a day for Abe to interview the author in Lubbock, Texas.
Meanwhile, Abe beelines to the bedside of Billy Summerford, preacher of Old Rockhouse Holiness Church, who is dying of cancer. At Billy’s bedside, Abe re-encounters Greg Coots, Cody’s Grandfather. Abe tells Greg about an album he’s been searching for, a recording of Greg’s parents, the founders of Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name.
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Special thanks goes to:
Shawn Byrne
The Bluebird Cafe
Dennis Covington and the family of Dennis Covington
Andrew and Taylor Hamblin
Cathy Partridge
Elizabeth "Fish" Gibbs
Gregory Coots
Cody and Cassy Coots
Tony Feyer
Cathy Partridge
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