"I'm Troubled"

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal.

Archival recording fragment, date unknown

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Thoughts & Reflections: "In the Holy Land"

Rev. Branch recalls his visits to the Holy Land.

Recorded from the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, June 2014

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"Milky White Way"

Featuring Sister Jean Branch, vocal. Guitar and vocal, Rev. Raymond Branch.

Archival recording, date unknown

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Thoughts & Reflections: "Didn't It Rain"

"We tell people the truth, and they think it's a lie."

Reverend Raymond Branch speaks on the Old Testament story of Noah and what it can teach us today.

Recorded at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, May 2014

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"I'm Going to Tell It Wherever I Go"

Rev. Raymond Branch performs "I'm Going to Tell It Wherever I Go" in an undated recording for the Rainbow Gospel Hour.

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal. Archival recording, date unknown

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Thoughts & Reflections: "Memorable Audition"

At the end of a session for his forthcoming LP, I've Got Heaven on My Mind, Rev. Branch recounted a memorable audition in South Central Los Angeles decades ago.

Recorded at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, April 2014

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"You've Got to Take Time Out"

Rev. Raymond Branch performs "You've Got to Take Time Out" in an undated recording for the Rainbow Gospel Hour.

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal. Archival recording, date unknown

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"Bless Each Heart in Radioland"

Rev. Branch preaches love for "each heart in Radioland," with support from the voice of Sister Jean Branch and his own guitar accompaniment.

Archival recording, date unknown

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"Is It Well With Your Soul?"

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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Hear a different recording of "Is It Well With Your Soul?" by Rev. Branch here.

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"Mother, Dont Worry About Me"

For Mother's Day. Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal. Archival recording, date unknown

The accompanying image shows Rev. Branch holding a portrait of his elder sister and her husband, who raised Rev. Branch as their own following the death of their mother.

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"Waiting for Me"

"Waiting for Me," recorded in 2011 at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, South Los Angeles.

Rev. Raymond Branch, QChord and vocal.

 

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Thoughts & Reflections: "All of Us Are Struggling"

"All of us are struggling, and all of us are sisters and brothers. Whether we like it or not."

Recorded at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, April 2014

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Rev. Branch Flies!

He's often said he's dreamed his whole life of "flying through the air like a bird," and today he did it. Here's Rev. Branch, at 83 years old, in flight.

Thanks to iFly Hollywood

"Lord, Lord You Been So Good to Me"

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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Thoughts & Reflections: "Up Against It'"

"I'm the type of person who believes in sharing, expressing love and caring ... and most people don't like that. They don't want that. They want something exciting."

Recorded at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, July 2013

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"Its No Secret What God Can Do"

Featuring Sister Jean Branch, vocal. Guitar and vocal, Rev. Raymond Branch.

Archival recording, date unknown

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"Rollin'"

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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To view a 2011 performance of "Rollin'" with Josh Alan Friedman, click here.

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Thoughts & Reflections: "People are People"

"When I was a little boy, I just found that people is people, and I let it go at that."

Recorded at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church, April 2014.

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Coming: New LP From Rev. Branch, I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON MY MIND

Jacket design for the upcoming LP release from Rev. Branch, I've Got Heaven on My Mind.

Recorded and engineered live at the Heavenly Rainbow Baptist Church in South Los Angeles by Todd Burke (who also provides the album's cover photograph), the record will be released in conjunction with Mike McGonigal and YETI later this year.

Watch this space for details as they become available. 

cover photo: Todd Burke

"While Jesus is Passing By"

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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Thoughts & Reflections: "Keep on Rollin'"

"...And I wonder why they don't learn how to love."

Archival recording, date unknown

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"I'm Gonna Move in the Room With The Lord"

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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"I Must Tell Jesus All About My Troubles"

Rev. Branch, QChord and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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"When the Saints Go Marching In"

Rev. Branch, Omnichord and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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"The Lord Will Make a Way (Yes He Will)" (w/ Brother Roland Payne)

Another vintage recording from the archives where Reverend Branch is joined by the late Brother Roland Payne.

Brother Roland Payne, vocal; Rev. Branch, guitar and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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"On the Right Road Now" (w/ Brother Roland Payne)

Reverend Branch is joined once again by the late Brother Roland Payne in this vintage recording from the Heavenly Rainbow archives.

Brother Roland Payne, vocal; Rev. Branch, guitar and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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"The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow" (w/ Brother Roland Payne)

Reverend Raymond Branch is joined on this recording by the late Brother Roland Payne on lead vocal. Roland Payne was a childhood friend of Rev. Branch's and in their youth, the two made up half of a Gospel quartet in Louisiana. A move to Los Angeles late in life reunited him with Rev. Branch, and it is from that era that this recording, "The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow," originates.

Brother Roland Payne, vocal; Rev. Branch, guitar and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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Watch a more contemporary performance of "The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow" here.

"One of These Days"

Reverend Raymond Branch reworks "Move On Up a Little Higher" into a new composition, "One of These Days."

Featuring Sister Jean Branch, vocals. Rev. Branch, guitar and vocal.

Archival recording, date unknown

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