One Wide River to Cross, a 1971 Country Gentlemen album, finds the group working in the gospel and sacred tradition that had always been part of their repertoire, alongside the more eclectic folk and contemporary material for which they were better known. "Using My Bible For a Roadmap" exemplifies the kind of vernacular sacred metaphor that American country-gospel has always handled more gracefully than formal hymnody. Charlie Waller's vocalism and the ensemble's easy familiarity with close harmony give the album a cohesion that might have been lost with a less road-tested band. The Gentlemen remained a singular ensemble — too sophisticated for the traditional bluegrass market, too rooted for the folk-pop crossover — but their recordings reward the patient listener.
Tracklist
- 1 Christmas Time Back Home 3:10
- 2 Heavenward Bound 2:18
- 3 I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) alt version 2:39
- 4 Sad And Lonesome Day 2:34
- 5 Bluebirds Are Singing 2:25
- 6 The White Rose 2:36
- 7 The Gentleman Is Blue 3:37
- 8 Philadelphia Lawyer alt version 2:46
- 9 Spanish Two-Step 2:36
- 10 Bringing Mary Home alt version 3:01
- 11 The Convict And The Rose 2:40
- 12 Banks of the Ohio alt version 4:12
- 13 Down Where the River Bends alt version 3:03
- 14 Battle Hymn of the Republic alt version 2:46
- 15 This World's No Place To Live 2:50
- 16 Uncle Joe 2:59
- 17 Northbound 2:17
- 18 Let The Light Shine Down 1:55
- 19 Girl from the North Country alt version 4:20
- 20 Cold Wind A Blowing 2:15
- 21 Jingle Bells 1:26
- 22 Silent Night 1:52
- 23 We Three Kings 1:50
- 24 Blue Bell 2:29
- 25 Baby Blue alt version 3:27
- 26 Matterhorn alt version 2:20
- 27 Dark as a Dungeon alt version 2:47
- 28 Big Bruce 2:49
- 29 When They Ring Those Golden Bells alt version 3:11
- 30 Buffalo Girls 2:07
- 31 Beautiful Life alt version 2:43
- 32 I’m Working on a Road alt version 2:47
- 33 A Border Affair 3:21
- 34 Johnny Reb 2:35
- 35 Many a Mile alt version 2:33
- 36 Amelia Earhart 2:33
- 37 Lord I’m Coming Home alt version 2:47
- 38 The Traveler 3:13
- 39 Silver Bell 1:58
- 40 Theme From Exodus 2:48
- 41 Love and Wealth alt version 2:33
- 42 He Was A Friend Of Mine 3:01
- 43 Daybreak in Dixie alt version 2:07
- 44 Some Old Day alt version 2:31
- 45 Raggy Mountain Breakdown 2:09
- 46 Banana Boat Song 2:42
- 47 Goin’ to the Races alt version 2:20
- 48 Waiting For The Boys To Come Home 2:26
- 49 Darling Little Joe 2:41
- 50 El Dedo 2:58
- 51 Using My Bible For a Roadmap Source Recording 2:55
- 52 Are You Washed in the Blood alt version
- 53 Gone Home alt version 2:07
- 54 Little White Church alt version
- 55 Rank Stranger alt version
