Avril Gearheart
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Avril Gearheart is the credited author of the bluegrass-gospel standard “Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures,” sometimes simply titled “Green Pastures.” The Stanley Brothers cut the song and it has since become a fixture of the touring bluegrass-gospel repertoire.
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- Credited as the author of “Going Up Home to Live in Green Pastures.”
- The Stanley Brothers introduced the song to the bluegrass repertoire; later versions have come from Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, Doc Watson, and many other country, bluegrass, and folk-revival acts.
