Scott Marshall reports on rec.music.dylan the following (as of May 12, 2001):
Wanted to share something that will soon be out in the public
realm, beyond
rmd. Bear with me for a minute as I give some backdrop. There's
no question
that Dylan has inspired tons of tribute albums; currently there's
a crop of
good stuff for the taking. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't
think
there's ever been a tribute album featuring Dylan's gospel songs
of
1979-1980.
There were, however, the Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles,
a gospel group
(I think) who released "Dylan's Gospel" (1969), a compilation
of Dylan tunes
which were written between1962 and 1969. I see on the album credits
that
there's a bass player named Jerry Scheft. Wonder if this might
be a
misspelling? Could this be the Jerry Scheff of Elvis's band who
later
recorded & toured with Dylan in 1978? (help if you can) Additionally,
I see
Clydie King credited who later recorded & toured with Dylan
in 1980-1981;
she also did background vocals on at least two Infidels songs
(1983), "Union
Sundown" and the outtake, "Death Is Not the End."
Now I am excited to say that there will be an album out--hopefully
before
year's end--that will pay tribute to Dylan's songs from Slow Train
Coming
and Saved. Gospel artists will be participating and it promises
to be
incredible stuff. I am pleased to report that the following artists
will be
among the contributors: Lee Williams & the Spiritual QCs,
Dottie Peoples,
Aaron Neville, the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Shirley Caesar, and the
Fairfield
Four. That's all I can report but it's certainly a unique project
and
something to look forward to.