The Family Bible Explained

The Family Bible
Type:	studio
Artist:	Ernest Tubb
Cover:	The Family Bible Ernest Tubb.jpg
Released:	June 1963
Recorded:	January–March 1962
Studio:	Columbia Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:	Country, honky tonk, gospel
Label:	Decca
Producer:	Owen Bradley
Prev Title:	Just Call Me Lonesome
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	Thanks a Lot
Next Year:	1964

The Family Bible is a gospel album by American country singer Ernest Tubb, released in 1963 (see 1963 in music).^[1]

Track listing

1. "I Saw the Light" (Hank Williams)
2. "Great Speckled Bird" (Roy Carter, Guy Smith)
3. "Precious Memories" (J. B. F. Wright)
4. "When It's Prayer Meeting Time in the Hollow" (Al Rice, Fleming Allan)
5. "Family Bible" (Willie Nelson)
6. "He'll Understand and Say Well Done" (Jesse R. Baxter, Lucie E. Campbell, Roger Wilson)
7. "Wings of a Dove" (Bob Ferguson)
8. "Follow Me" (Sandra Adlon, Virginia Balmer, Leon Rhodes)
9. "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Joseph M. Scriven, Charles Converse, Sid Feller)
10. "Lonesome Valley" (A. P. Carter)
11. "Stand By Me" (Charles A. Tindley)
12. "If We Never Meet Again" (Albert E. Brumley)

Personnel

• Ernest Tubb – vocals, guitar
• Cal Smith – guitar
• Leon Rhodes – guitar
• Grady Martin – guitar
• Buddy Charleton – pedal steel guitar
• Jack Drake – bass
• Jack Greene – drums
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Floyd Cramer – piano
• The Jordanaires – vocals

Notes and References

1. http://www.lpdiscography.com/t/Tubb/tubb_familybible.htm LP Discography entry for The Family Bible