“They’re Holding Up the Ladder” was written and recorded by the Easter Brothers, the gospel group of James, Russell, and Edd Easter from Mt. Airy, North Carolina. The brothers organized their group in the early 1950s, and the song became one of their lasting numbers.
The song pictures the road to heaven as a ladder. As the singer climbs, those who have gone on before — family and friends now in glory — steady the ladder from above, holding it up so he can make his way home. It is a warm, encouraging gospel song.
The Easter Brothers’ songs found a wide home in bluegrass gospel. The version heard here is by the Easter Brothers.
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