Get in Line Brother

Sacred material was a steady thread in the Flatt and Scruggs catalog, and “Get in Line, Brother” is a characteristic example: an exhortation to set wrongs right, seek salvation, and fall in line for the journey home to heaven. Its message is delivered in the brisk, harmony-driven gospel style the band had carried out of their apprenticeship with Bill Monroe.

Though it was never a chart record, the song held a lasting place among the duo’s gospel numbers and was later gathered onto collections of their sacred recordings. It has since been recorded by other bluegrass acts and remains part of the gospel repertoire that Flatt and Scruggs helped popularize.