Rev. Johnny L. Jones: The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta

"Mr. Jones ... is a Bobby Bland-type singer, with a great gargly voice and a concentrated wariness that doesn’t break, even as he screams. For 53 years of Sunday mornings at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Atlanta he has been singing, preaching and recording it all. Some of those recordings came out long ago as LPs on the gospel label Jewel; the rest he’s been playing on the air during his Saturday morning radio programs (currently twice a month and streamable on WYZE-AM) or keeping at home. Dust-to-Digital, the Atlanta-based archival label, has just released a two-disc culling of the tapes as 'The Hurricane That Hit Atlanta,' and they display Mr. Jones as an amazing singer, full of inspired power, delay tactics and shrewd reassurances. (His rhythm sections were casually killer too, playing blues, gospel and R&B grooves stripped to the bone.) ... [T]he album ... stays electrifying from start to finish. Two hours isn’t enough" (Ben Ratliff, "Some Blustery Gospel, Some Blaring Metal," New York Times, 12/2/10).
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