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13 tracks | 36 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on Holywind Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:56 God Took a Chance On Me lyrics BUY MP3 02:56 God Took a Chance On Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:56 God Took a Chance On Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:07 Holy Wind lyrics BUY MP3 02:07 Holy Wind lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:07 Holy Wind
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 The Latter Rain lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 The Latter Rain lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 The Latter Rain
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:45 Broken Pieces lyrics BUY MP3 02:45 Broken Pieces lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:45 Broken Pieces
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:00 I Know He Is Jehovah lyrics BUY MP3 02:00 I Know He Is Jehovah lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:00 I Know He Is Jehovah
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:22 All Heaven Knows lyrics BUY MP3 02:22 All Heaven Knows lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:22 All Heaven Knows
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:59 You Can't Play Hide and Seek With God lyrics BUY MP3 03:59 You Can't Play Hide and Seek With God lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:59 You Can't Play Hide and Seek With God
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:51 Holy Hands lyrics BUY MP3 02:51 Holy Hands lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:51 Holy Hands
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:17 I Am a Messenger lyrics BUY MP3 03:17 I Am a Messenger lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:17 I Am a Messenger
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:14 Springtime in Heaven lyrics BUY MP3 02:14 Springtime in Heaven lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:14 Springtime in Heaven
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 Jesus Lit My Candle lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 Jesus Lit My Candle lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 Jesus Lit My Candle
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 Lord God Almighty lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 Lord God Almighty lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 Lord God Almighty
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:10 The Stone Was Rolled Away lyrics BUY MP3 02:10 The Stone Was Rolled Away lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:10 The Stone Was Rolled Away
A powerful anointed voice that comes through like a " holy wind " with a preaching delivery that will light up your candles and make you praise the lord while you join in the singing, blessed by his holy hands
Bio / Background
CD REVIEW FOR COUNTRY MUSIC ROUNDUP MAGAZINE
BY:PAUL DAVIS
IRMA YOUNG
GOD TOOK A CHANCE ON ME
HOLYWIND RECORDS
Irma cleverly weaves her new ditties amid a competent bunch of conservative Nashville sessioners headed by Gene Breedon. Her non-radical departure into ‘Holy Ghost’ country-gospel territory, a la honky-tonk music mood, finds her in her fully matured colours. Delightfully warm and engaging, her gutsy easy-listening vocals communicates her testimony well in her self-compositions. Modest and grass-roots it may be, but Irma should take a well-deserved bow with these thirteen nostalgic mood-inspiring goodies. PAUL DAVIS www.pauldavisauthor.com
IRMA YOUNG’S BIOGRAPHY
BORN ON A FARM NINE MILES NORTH OF ATHENS ALABAMA WHERE THEY
GREW COTTON..PEANUTS..SUGAR CANE AND CORN..
↓ more ↓IRMA YOUNG
LEARNED AT THE TENDER YOUNG AGE OF NINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO
WORK THE FIELDS HELPING HER DADDY “ BOBBY LEE BIRDSONG “ IN
THE SWELTERING HEAT OF SUMMER FROM DAYLIGHT TO DUSK BEFORE
HEADING HOME TO EAT A HOME COOKED MEAL THAT HER SWEET MOM
HAD PREPARED..AFTER SUPPER , THE WHOLE FAMILY WOULD GATHER
ON THE FRONT PORCH WHERE HER DAD WHO PLAYED A GREAT FIDDLE
WOULD PLAY TO THE DELIGHT OF ALL PRESENT WHILE IRMA WOULD
STEP DANCE A JIG OR TWO THAT MADE ALL HER FAMILY AND
NEIGHBORS CLAP THEIR HANDS AND GIGGLED FROM THE JOY OF IT ALL
IT WASN’T VERY LONG AFTER THIS THAT A MAN BY THE NAME OF
” BOB DONAVAN “ OWNER OF A RADIO STATION IN ATHENS INVITED THE
WHOLE “ BIRDSOND FAMILY TO APPEAR FOR A LIVE APPEARANCE EVERY
SATURDAY FOR A HALF HOUR PROGRAM APPROPRIATELY NAMED
“ BOBBY LEE BIRDSONG AND HIS GIRLS “..LATER ON MR.DONAVAN
BOOKED THEM FOR A SECOND RADIO SHOW IN DECATUR ALABAMA
WHERE THEY WERE A GREAT SUCCESS..LATER ON, IN A COMPLETE
BIOGRAPHY THAT I NOW PLAN TO WRITE I WILL EXPAND ON THE HAPPY
TIMES ( VERY FEW ) AND THE MANY MISERIES THAT IRMA HAD TO
ENDURE THROUGHOUT HER MARRIED LIFE..
IRMA IS VERY PROUD TO TELL ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN THAT SHE GAVE
HER LIFE TO * CHRIST * AT THE AGE OF NINE AND HAS NEVER ONCE
TURNED HER BACK ON * GOD *..WITH TEARS IN HER EYES SHE SAYS !!
YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD MY DADDY READ TO US FROM THE “ BIBLE “
BEFORE BEDTIME “ IT WOULD BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES
FOR “ IRMA “ THIS ALBUM IS A PRAYER COME THROUGH…I WAS MORE
THAN PROUD AND HONORED TO PLAY BUT A SMALL PART IN THE MAKING
OF THIS GREAT ALBUM BY PRODUCING IT, BE PREPARED TO SEE MANY
MORE ALBUMS RECORDED BY “ IRMA YOUNG “ IF THE GOOD LORD is willing..PRAISED BE HIS NAME.
EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A FRIEND LIKE * IRMA YOUNG *
HAL WILLIS
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