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Alabama Astronaut - "Preach the Word, Preacher Man!"

"Preach the Word, Preacher Man!"

09/14/22 • 54 min

Alabama Astronaut

The story takes a turn. Jimmy Morrow, founder and preacher of Edwina Church of God in Jesus' Name, invites Abe into his home. Sensing that Abe has a “good spirit,” Jimmy shows Abe his poetry, art, and a comprehensive collection of serpent-handling history and lore.
Afterwards, Jimmy and Pam Morrow both sing songs for Abe from their faith, a capella. Meanwhile, Abe discusses with Ferrill the idea of faith at a “cost”... and why Abe finds meaning in that.
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Special thanks this episode goes to:

Jimmy and Pam Morrow

Dr. Thomas Ryba

Barbara Gibbs Allen

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The story takes a turn. Jimmy Morrow, founder and preacher of Edwina Church of God in Jesus' Name, invites Abe into his home. Sensing that Abe has a “good spirit,” Jimmy shows Abe his poetry, art, and a comprehensive collection of serpent-handling history and lore.
Afterwards, Jimmy and Pam Morrow both sing songs for Abe from their faith, a capella. Meanwhile, Abe discusses with Ferrill the idea of faith at a “cost”... and why Abe finds meaning in that.
Visit the Alabama Astronaut Podcast website for more content!

Alabama Astronaut Podcast website

Find us on social, too:

Alabama Astronaut Facebook

Alabama Astronaut's Twitter

Alabama Astronaut Instagram

Special thanks this episode goes to:

Jimmy and Pam Morrow

Dr. Thomas Ryba

Barbara Gibbs Allen

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The “calling out” of Abe (and his friends) at church services reaches a boiling point at the famed “Old Rockhouse Holiness” in Section, Alabama. It's the church where author Dennis Covington of the hit book Salvation on Sand Mountain once became a convert and handled a massive rattlesnake. Abe tells the story of the founding of the church: the infamous murder trial and conviction at the heart of it.


After one service that Abe attended, with rattlesnakes in the building, the lights are shut off. In the darkness, Abe and his friend consider running out of the church. Meanwhile, Abe has his first encounter with National Geographic: a run-in with a photographer at both Old Rockhouse Holiness Church and, in the same weekend, Jimmy Morrow’s church in Cocke County, Tennessee.
Brother Jimmy Morrow takes Abe to a graveyard high in the east Tennessee mountains, to see the graves of four believers who died following the signs.
Visit the Alabama Astronaut Podcast website for more content!

Alabama Astronaut Podcast website

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Special thanks this episode:
Old Rock House Holiness Church
Bro. Billy Summerford
Dave Garrett
Morgan "Willy Mo" Hammond

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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.

Visit the Alabama Astronaut Podcast website for more content!

Alabama Astronaut Podcast website

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Alabama Astronaut's Twitter

Alabama Astronaut Instagram

Special thanks this episode!

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

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