Sparky Rucker's Good Old Way

Sparky Rucker was introduced to the music of the civil rights movement when his mother took him to his first march at the age of 14, but he was already steeped in the music of the era in the black Pentecostal church of his youth and the distinctive Appalachian culture of Eastern Tennessee. Sparky Rucker has woven together music, activism, history and culture for more than 5 decades, raising and inspiring spirits everywhere. Listen to our interview with his wife Rhonda back on August 28, 2016.

Past/current religious/spiritual influences:
Pentecostal

All songs are performed by Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, and written by those noted:
Crossroads (Live) - by Robert Johnson (some lyrics by Sparky Rucker)
Big Road Blues - by Tommy Johnson
Go Down Moses - traditional
C. C. Rider - by Ma Rainy
The Good Old Way/Down In the River to Pray - traditional
Midnight Thirst - by Sparky Rucker