Rev. J. M. Gates has been played on NTS in shows including Death Is Not The End, featured first on 16 December 2015. Songs played include Death's Black Train Is Coming, Smoking Woman In The Street and Gettin' Ready For Christmas Day.

The Reverend J.M. Gates (July 14, 1884 – August 18, 1945) was an American Christian preacher and Gospel music singer.

From 1914 to his death, Gates was the pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Rock Dale Park, Atlanta, Georgia. He had a very prolific recording career, recording over 200 sides between 1926 and 1941, including frequent rerecordings. Experts estimate that at least a…