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Washington Phillips has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 27 episodes and was first played on 25 June 2013.

Washington Phillips (January 11, 1880 – September 20, 1954) was a Texan gospel singer and musician. Phillips died in 1954 in Teague, Texas.

Phillips recorded eighteen songs, all between 1927 and 1929, though only sixteen survived. Some of his songs amount to highly specific and detailed gospel sermons, featuring Phillips' voice self-accompanied by an instrument that sounds like a fretless zither. This instrument, which has been variously identified as a Dolceola, a Celestaphone, two Celestaphones tuned in octaves attached side-by-side, or a Phonoharp (and…

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Lift Him Up, That's All
Washington Phillips
Mississippi Records2006
Lift Him Up, That's All
Washington PhillipsMississippi Records2006
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Mother's Last Word To Her Son
Washington Phillips
Mississippi Records2006
Mother's Last Word To Her Son
Washington PhillipsMississippi Records2006
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Take Your Burden To The Lord
Washington Phillips
Mississippi Records2006
Take Your Burden To The Lord
Washington PhillipsMississippi Records2006
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What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
Washington Phillips
Mississippi Records2006
What Are They Doing In Heaven Today?
Washington PhillipsMississippi Records2006
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Denomination Blues Pt. 2
Washington Phillips
Nugrape Records1977
Denomination Blues Pt. 2
Washington PhillipsNugrape Records1977
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You Can't Stop The Tattler- Part 2
Washington Phillips
Mississippi Records2006
You Can't Stop The Tattler- Part 2
Washington PhillipsMississippi Records2006
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Paul And Silas In Jail
Washington Phillips
Mississippi Records2006
Paul And Silas In Jail
Washington PhillipsMississippi Records2006
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I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
Washington Phillips
Columbia1929
I Am Born To Preach The Gospel
Washington PhillipsColumbia1929
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Lift Him Up That's All
Washington Phillips
Agram Blues1980
Lift Him Up That's All
Washington PhillipsAgram Blues1980
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Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
Washington Phillips
Agram Blues1980
Take Your Burden To The Lord And Leave It There
Washington PhillipsAgram Blues1980
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