(choir sings indistinctly) (upbeat gospel music) - [Announcer] You're watching Main Street Unplugged Gospel presented by Basin PBS, sponsored by State Farm, Rory Nelson and underwritten by the Arts Council of Midland.

(gentle pensive music) (gentle pensive music continues) ♪ Oh Lord ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ Oh ♪ How excellent ♪ Is thy name ♪ Oh ♪ Oh Lord ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ Is thy name (gentle pensive music continues) ♪ Oh Lord ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ Is thy name ♪ Sing it one more time ♪ Oh Lord ♪ Oh Lord ♪ How excellent ♪ Oh, excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ Is ♪ Is thy name ♪ There is none like you ♪ There is none like you ♪ None like you ♪ Nobody like you, Jesus ♪ None like you ♪ Nobody like you, Lord ♪ Jesus excellent ♪ Oh, excellent ♪ Is thy name ♪ There is nobody, Lord ♪ There is none like you ♪ I can search the whole world and I find here ♪ ♪ None like you ♪ There ain't nobody nowhere, no, no, no ♪ ♪ None like you ♪ Nobody like you, Jesus ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus excellent ♪ How excellent is ♪ Is thy name ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ Jesus excellent ♪ How excellent ♪ Is thy name ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ Jesus excellent ♪ Yes ♪ Is thy name ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ In all the earth ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus excellent ♪ Excellent, excellent ♪ Excellent ♪ Jesus excellent ♪ Excellent, yes ♪ Nobody like him, no, no ♪ Excellent ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus excellent ♪ So excellent ♪ Is thy name (gentle music subsides) - Ooh!

Jesus, there's something about the name of Jesus.

And man, I'm just so thankful that we get to be in this place and to worship that King.

And tonight, this wouldn't even be possible.

I'm so thankful for Basin PBS and the Arts Council of Midland, for Roy Nelson's insurance.

Man, it is just so, so great to be a part of this.

And I'd like to encourage any of you that are watching right now to please support your local public television programming.

You can do that by becoming a member at Basinpbs.org.

But man, we just to continue worshiping our savior, worshiping our King, and we want to give him all of the honor, all of the praise.

And we're gonna do that, and we're gonna sing a song, total praise tonight.

Let's just worship Jesus tonight.

(pensive music) Let's worship.

♪ Lord, I will lift ♪ Mine eyes to the hills ♪ Knowing my help ♪ Is coming from you ♪ Lord, peace you give me ♪ In the times of the storms ♪ You are the source of my strength ♪ ♪ You are the strength of my life ♪ ♪ You are the strength of my life ♪ ♪ I lift, I life my hands, yes ♪ I lift my hands ♪ In total praise to You ♪ Hey ♪ God, you are, yes ♪ You are the source of my strength ♪ ♪ You are the strength of my life ♪ ♪ You are the strength of my life ♪ ♪ I lift my hands ♪ I lift my hands ♪ in total praise to You ♪ Amen ♪ Amen ♪ Amen ♪ Amen ♪ Amen ♪ Amen ♪ Amen ♪ Amen - Amen.

(audience applauds) Hallelujah.

(light piano music) (light piano music continues) ♪ Blessed assurance ♪ Jesus ♪ Jesus is mine ♪ Oh, what a foretaste ♪ Of glory ♪ Divine ♪ I'm an heir of salvation ♪ I've been purchase ♪ By God ♪ Born of his Spirit ♪ Thank God, I've been washed (choir applauds) ♪ I've been washed in His blood ♪ ♪ This is, this is, this is my story ♪ ♪ Lord, this is ♪ This is my song ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ I'll praise him all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my ♪ This is my story ♪ Lord, this is ♪ This is my song ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ All the day long (upbeat piano music) ♪ This is my story, story, story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, story, story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, story, story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, story, story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, and I have a song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, story, story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior all the day long ♪ ♪ This is my story, story, story, this is my song ♪ ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ All the day long ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ Praising, praising ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ Praising my Savior ♪ All the day long (choir applauds) (no audio) - And when we bless him, it's because we just woke up thinking about him.

He was on our mind.

Y'all know that song?

Let's sing that.

(upbeat gospel music) (choir clapping) (upbeat gospel music continues) (upbeat gospel music continues) ♪ I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Hallelu, hallelu ♪ Hallelujah ♪ I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Hallelu, hallelu ♪ Hallelujah ♪ Ain't no harm to keep your mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Ain't no harm to keep your mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Ain't no harm to keep your mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Hallelu, hallelu ♪ Hallelujah ♪ I'm walking and talking with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I'm walking and talking with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I'm walking and talking with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Hallelu, hallelu ♪ You get all my praise - Come on, put your hands together.

Everybody- (upbeat gospel music continues) Ain't nobody like the Lord.

(upbeat gospel music continues) ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ Hallelujah ♪ I'm walking and talking with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I'm walking and talking with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ I'm walking and talking with my mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Hallelu, hallelu ♪ Hallelujah ♪ Ain't no harm to keep your mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Ain't no harm to keep your mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Ain't no harm to keep your mind stayed on Jesus ♪ ♪ Hallelu, hallelu ♪ Hallelujah ♪ Jah (choir applauds) - Some of the songs that are inherent in our culture just came up, I believe, in the cotton field or somewhere somebody shouting it out and then somebody had an answer.

They may be cross over one place and they say, "I'm a soldier"- - [Choir] In the army of the Lord.

- And then sometimes they say, "Have you tried Jesus?"

- [Choir] He's all right.

- Yes, he is.

- And they'd say, "If you call on Jesus"- - [Choir] He will answer prayer.

- Songs like that.

So call and response songs are very familiar to the Black experience.

So we gonna try a few of those.

Give us (indistinct).

(light piano music) Are you ready?

(choir murmurs) You got your tambourines?

(tambourines rattling) We have our (indistinct) at the end of our arms.

♪ I'm a soldier ♪ In the army of the Lord ♪ I'm a soldier ♪ In the army ♪ I'm a soldier ♪ In the army of the Lord ♪ I'm a soldier ♪ In the army ♪ I've been wounded ♪ In the army of the Lord ♪ I've been wounded ♪ In the army ♪ I've been wounded, yes I have ♪ ♪ In the army of the Lord ♪ I've been wounded, yes, I have ♪ ♪ In the army ♪ I got my war clothes on ♪ In the army of the Lord ♪ I got my war clothes on ♪ In the army ♪ And I don't mind dying ♪ In the army of the Lord ♪ Don't you mind dying ♪ In the army ♪ Come on, clap your hands (choir clapping) ♪ Let's (indistinct) ♪ Have you tried Jesus ♪ He's all right ♪ Have you tried my Jesus ♪ He's all right ♪ Have you tried him for your Savior ♪ ♪ He's all right ♪ Have you tried him for your Savior ♪ ♪ He's all right ♪ He's all right, he's all right ♪ ♪ He's all right, he's all right ♪ ♪ He's all right, he's all right ♪ ♪ He's all right, he's all right ♪ ♪ He's all right ♪ Have you tried Jesus ♪ He's all right ♪ Have you tried Jesus ♪ He's all right ♪ Come on, clap your hands (choir clapping) (lead vocalizing) (upbeat gospel music continues) ♪ If you call on Jesus ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ If you call on Jesus ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ If you call on Jesus ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ If you call on Jesus ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ He's a prayer hearing Savior ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ He's a prayer hearing Savior ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ And he will answer when you call him ♪ ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ He will answer when you call him ♪ ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ Oh, call on him ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ Oh, call him, call him, call him ♪ ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ If you call on Jesus ♪ He will answer prayer ♪ If you call on Jesus ♪ He will answer prayer (upbeat gospel music continues) - [Lead] I like that.

♪ Ooh (upbeat gospel music continues) (choir applauds) (bright cheerful music) - All right, come on and clap your hands and let's give God praise.

Hallelujah.

(bright cheerful music) ♪ All of my life I've never known You to fail ♪ ♪ You remain the same and wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ All of my life I've never known You to fail ♪ ♪ You remain the same and wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ All of my life I've never known You to fail ♪ ♪ You remain the same and wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ All of my life I've never known, never known You to fail ♪ ♪ You remain the same and wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ You woke me up this morning ♪ And You started me on my way ♪ Put food on my table ♪ Brought joy to my day ♪ I'm glad Your love has never changed ♪ ♪ And wonderful ♪ And wonderful ♪ And wonderful, wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ All of my life I've never known You to fail ♪ ♪ You remain the same, God, and wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ All of my life I've never known You to fail, God ♪ ♪ You remain the same, God, and wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ You woke me up this morning ♪ Started me on my way ♪ You put food on my table ♪ Brought joy to my day ♪ I'm glad Your love has never changed ♪ ♪ And wonderful ♪ And wonderful ♪ And wonderful, wonderful is Your name ♪ ♪ Oh (singer humming) ♪ For the rest of my life, I'll serve Him ♪ ♪ For the rest of my life ♪ Yes I will ♪ For the rest of my life, I'll serve Him ♪ ♪ For the rest of my life And if you feel like that, come on and wave your hand.

♪ For the rest of my life, I'll serve Him ♪ ♪ For the rest of my life ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ For the rest of my life, I'll serve Him ♪ ♪ For the rest of my life ♪ For the rest of my life, no matter what comes of those ♪ ♪ I'll serve the Lord for the rest of my life ♪ ♪ In good times, in bad times, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ For the rest of my life ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ For the rest of my life I will ♪ ♪ You woke me up this morning ♪ You started me on my way ♪ You put food on my table ♪ Brought joy to my day ♪ I'm glad Your love has never changed ♪ ♪ And wonderful ♪ Yeah, wonderful ♪ And wonderful ♪ And wonderful ♪ Oh, wonderful ♪ And wonderful ♪ And wonderful ♪ Wonderful is your name (audience applauds) Yes he is.

Hallelujah.

You know, gospel music has been a big part of my upbringing all my life.

I remember growing up, that big wooden piece of furniture with a built-in speaker and stereo and record player, cassette tape.

And through that system we would hear the Clark Sisters and the Hawkins Family, Andrae Crouch, whose untimely music, timeless music, brought us classics that have become staples, that have become themes within the gospel music genre, songs like "My Tribute" and "We Are Not Ashamed."

(gentle piano music) (gentle piano music continues) ♪ We are not ashamed ♪ Of the gospel of Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ For it is God's power ♪ Of salvation ♪ And it's to everyone ♪ Everyone that believes it ♪ It is to everyone ♪ Everyone that receives it ♪ We shall have ♪ Everlasting ♪ Everlasting life ♪ We are not ashamed ♪ Of the gospel ♪ The gospel of Jesus Christ ♪ For it is God's power ♪ Of salvation ♪ To everyone ♪ Everyone that believes it ♪ And it's to everyone ♪ Everyone that receives it ♪ We shall have ever ♪ Lasting life ♪ Oh God's word ♪ God's word is aligned to my pathway ♪ ♪ And His word ♪ His word is a lamp unto my feet ♪ ♪ Oh, His word ♪ Came all the way from glory ♪ Set the captives free ♪ Gave eternity ♪ God's word ♪ His word is healing to every nation ♪ ♪ His word ♪ His word is power unto salvation ♪ ♪ His word ♪ His word came all the way from glory ♪ ♪ Set the captives free, so we could live eternaly ♪ ♪ Oh, we are not ashamed ♪ Oh, we are not ashamed ♪ Of the gospel of Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ Oh, we have everlasting ♪ Life ♪ Oh everlasting live ♪ Oh, we will have, yes we will ♪ ♪ We'll have everlasting live ♪ Just believe his word ♪ Just speak it, just speak it ♪ It's in the name of Jesus And you shall be saved.

Hallelujah.

♪ Oh, we have everlasting ♪ Live ♪ Mmm (gentle music continues) (audience applauds) - And the Lord, he keeps on, he keeps on, he keeps on blessing me right now.

Now, I know I'm not the only one that feels that way.

Y'all help me out.

♪ The Lord ♪ The Lord ♪ He's blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Oh ♪ The Lord ♪ The Lord ♪ He's blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now, oh right now ♪ He woke me up this morning ♪ And started me on my way ♪ The Lord is blessing me ♪ Right now, right now, right now ♪ - I like this version, y'all.

♪ He woke me up this morning ♪ He started me right on time ♪ He didn't let me ♪ Didn't let me sleep too late ♪ He woke me, woke me, woke me up on time ♪ ♪ He woke me up this morning ♪ And he started me on my way ♪ The Lord ♪ Is blessing me ♪ Right now, right now, right now ♪ ♪ The Lord is blessing me ♪ Right now, oh right now ♪ The Lord is blessing me ♪ Right now, oh right now ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ He woke me up this morning ♪ And he started me on my way ♪ The Lord ♪ Is blessing me ♪ Right now, right now, right now ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ He's blessing me ♪ Blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ I thank you, Lord, for blessing me ♪ ♪ Right now ♪ He's blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ I got food on my table ♪ Right now ♪ Clothes on my back ♪ Right now ♪ A portion of my everything ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ He's blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Blessing me, blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Thank you, Lord ♪ Right now ♪ Bless me, Lord ♪ Right now ♪ He's blessing me ♪ He's blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Right now, Lord, you're blessing me ♪ ♪ I'm aware he's blessing me ♪ He's blessing me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now ♪ Oh, bless me, Lord ♪ Right now ♪ Lord blesses me ♪ Right now ♪ He blesses me ♪ He woke me up this morning ♪ And I know that ♪ He started me on my way ♪ The Lord is blessing me ♪ The Lord blesses me ♪ Right now ♪ Right now (choir applauds) (upbeat gospel music) ♪ The Lord is blessing me right ♪ ♪ The Lord is blessing me ♪ Right now (choir cheers) (light music) - Any of our churches, on any given Sunday It might be- (slow pensive music) (slow pensive music continues) (slow pensive music continues) (slow pensive music continues) ♪ Mmm ♪ The blood that Jesus ♪ Shed ♪ For me ♪ Oh ♪ Way back on Calvary ♪ Oh, the blood that gives me strength ♪ ♪ From day to day ♪ It will never, never lose ♪ Never lose its power ♪ Oh, it soothes my doubts ♪ And it calms my fears ♪ Oh, and it dries ♪ All my tears ♪ The blood, the blood, the blood, the blood ♪ ♪ That gives me strength ♪ From day to day ♪ Oh, it will never, never, never lose its power ♪ ♪ And it reaches ♪ To the highest mountain ♪ Oh, it flows to the lowest ♪ Lowest, lowest, lowest valley ♪ ♪ The blood that gives me strength ♪ ♪ From day to day ♪ It will never lose its power ♪ Oh ♪ It reaches to the highest ♪ Highest, hightest, highest, hightest mountain ♪ ♪ It flows to the lowest ♪ Lowest valley ♪ Oh yeah ♪ The blood that gives me strength ♪ ♪ From day to day ♪ It will never lose its power ♪ Never never, never never ♪ It will never lose ♪ It will never lose ♪ Never ♪ Oh ♪ It reaches to the highest mountain ♪ (cheerful gospel music) ♪ It flows to the lowest valley ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ The blood that gives me strength ♪ ♪ From day to day ♪ It will never lose ♪ It will never lose ♪ It will never lose ♪ Its power ♪ Its power ♪ It will never lose ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ Never lose, never lose, never lose ♪ ♪ It will never lose power ♪ Power, power, poler ♪ Never lose, never lose, never lose ♪ ♪ On Monday it won't lose ♪ Never lose its power ♪ On a Tuesday it won't lose ♪ Never lose its power ♪ Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ On a Wednesday, on a Thursday, on a Friday ♪ ♪ It'll never lose its power ♪ Never, never, never, never, never ♪ ♪ Lose its power ♪ Never ♪ It will never lose ♪ Oh, it won't lose, yeah ♪ I've seen that it will never, never lose ♪ ♪ Oh, its power ♪ Its power (choir cheers and applauds) - Oh, it's good to know that gospel music is alive and well in the Permian Basin and God has been so good.

We wanna thank all of the participants in tonight's Unplugged Gospel Session.

It's been amazing, hasn't it?

Have you enjoyed it?

(audience applauds) The good news lifts us up when we're down and it makes us feel good.

And not only do we feel good, but we acknowledge that God is good.

So that's what the gospel music does for us.

We want to thank all of the participants.

We want to especially thank the Arts Council of Midland and Roy Nelson Insurance for their generous support.

Thank you, Basin PBS and all the staff and board and everybody.

And if you are not a member of Basin PBS, you can be that tonight.

Just go ahead and call in and sign up to be a part of that because great things are happening because of Basin PBS.

I wanna do this last song, which is a hymn, one of my favorite, and it says, "Pass me not."

And as I think about gospel music since I've been in Midland, America, that was 1981 that I came here, and I remember so many of our legends, our local legends, I'm sure I'm gonna miss some, but I got a shout out Fannie Burnett.

I got a shout out (chuckles), yes, Miss Orr-Williams and Miss Cora Jones and oh, so many, O.J.

Archie, Reverend O.J.

Archie, and so many of the artists, miss Eva Campbell.

So many that were here singing when I came, and we're standing on their shoulders tonight.

We are standing on their shoulders.

(light piano music) ♪ Pass me not ♪ O gentle Savior ♪ Hear my humble ♪ Cry ♪ While on others ♪ Thou art calling ♪ Do not pass ♪ Don't pass me by ♪ You know the blind man ♪ He was standing ♪ By the wayside ♪ Whoa, he was blind ♪ And he could ♪ He could not see ♪ One day he had Jesus ♪ He had Jesus ♪ Jesus was passing by ♪ He said, "Master ♪ I have need ♪ I have need of thee" ♪ They tried to get him to be quiet, but he cried out ♪ ♪ "Savior ♪ Whoa, Savior ♪ Sweet Savior ♪ Hear, hear my humble ♪ Hear my humble cry ♪ While, while, while on others ♪ ♪ While on others you are calling ♪ ♪ Oh Jesus ♪ Lord, do ♪ Do not pass, don't pass me by" ♪ ♪ They kept saying, "Hush" ♪ But he keep crying ♪ "Savior ♪ Oh, Savior ♪ Won't you just hear ♪ Hear my humble ♪ Hear my humble cry ♪ Lord, while ♪ While on others ♪ While you're calling ♪ While you are calling, Jesus ♪ Do not ♪ Do not pass ♪ Don't pass me by ♪ Don't pass me by, Lord ♪ Do not pass"