The Talbot Brothers

In 1974, when this album was released, contemporary Christian music had not yet coalesced into the monolithic, saccharine, soporific entity that quickly emerged. Case in point: the Talbot Brothers, one Terry and Johnny (later John Michael; he of the upraised hand blocking the sun, and the biggest-selling Catholic musician of all time), who mixed tales of being Born Again with genuinely moving social protest like this song, bluegrass odes to smoking weed, etc. It was a different time. The guitar work is superb, and you can't beat great sibling harmonies. This is a wonderful album, regardless of your theological persuasions, or lack thereof.