“I Just Want to Thank You Lord” is a bluegrass gospel song written by Judy Marshall, a member of the Marshall Family, a West Virginia group whose tight, family-rooted harmony singing made a strong mark on bluegrass gospel in the 1970s.
The Marshall Family came to wider notice after appearing at one of Ralph Stanley’s bluegrass festivals in 1974, and they introduced “I Just Want to Thank You Lord” on a 1975 album. The song is a quiet, heartfelt prayer of gratitude, and it has often been singled out as one of the gentlest and most affecting gospel numbers in the bluegrass repertoire.
The song outlasted the Marshall Family’s brief career and became a gospel standard.
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