He uncovers the facts of Phillips death, refuting the story he died in an mental asylum (it was a cousin, also named Washington Phillips who died there), but rather died after falling down the stairs in a Texas state building in 1954. He was able to track down Phillips family history, including that his grandfather was a slave born in Kentucky and was in Texas during the Civil War. Michael Corcoran has uncovered new information on Phillips, just like he did on another great Texas evangelist, Blind Willie Johnson. Now, this book and CD by this unique singing evangelist who played a very unusual instrument provides much new information on this artist as well new masterings of all of his extant recordings from pristine copies. Washington Phillips and His Manzarene DreamsĪtlanta-based Dust-To-Digital has another important Book-CD combination with " Washington Phillips and His Manzarene Dreams." As noted on its website, Dust-To-Digital's, inaugural release, 2003’s " Goodbye, Babylon," included two recordings by a mysterious gospel musician from Texas named Washington Phillips.
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