The tradition of country artists dabbling in Gospel and Christian music is longstanding \u2014 legends like Johnny Cash, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Alan Jackson and plenty more all put out country gospel songs, and even albums, throughout their illustrious careers.<\/p>\n
Many of them grew up singing in church, and so I think it\u2019s safe to assume that the strong connection of hymns and music from their childhood made a lasting impression. Even more recently, Brent Cobb, Carrie Underwood and even Willie Nelson have put out some great country gospel music. But it\u2019s definitely far less prominent than it used to be, and I think there\u2019s a lot of reasons for that.<\/p>\n
Firstly, it\u2019s just less likely that a rendition of an old hymn is going to go viral on TikTok\u2026 it\u2019s absolutely ridiculous that\u2019s the standard, but unfortunately, it is what it is and that plays a big part. We could have a much longer, more nuanced discussion about all the other factors, but the real reason you\u2019re probably here is to hear about\u00a0Ernest\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0desire to make a Gospel album.<\/p>\n He shared a video of an older clip of he and\u00a0Morgan Wallen<\/strong>\u00a0singing the hymn \u201c\u2018Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus,\u201d which was originally\u00a0written in composed in 1882 by William J. Kirkpatrick and Louisa M. R. Stead. It\u2019s an old classic, found in hymnal\u00a0books in churches across the world that has been recorded by many artists over the years, so it probably sounds very familiar to many of you.<\/p>\n In that video of them, Ernest captioned it by saying he \u201cmight make a gospel album,\u201d adding that \u201cwe need it\u201d:<\/p>\n \u201cMight make a gospel album. We need it.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I second that wholeheartedly, and if it ever happens, their harmonies are perfect for a song like this, and Morgan\u2019s voice is just made for this type of music, even though it\u2019s a far cry from the kind of songs he puts out these days:<\/p>\n