The Sons of Truth

A unique act for the Stax label, and a unique act inside the early-’70s gospel picture generally, the Sons of Truth produced an obscure 1972 album for Stax’s subsidiary the Gospel Truth. Their mainly original material got a lot better contemporary spirit and funk advantage than most African-American gospel of the time, including guitar function likely affected by performers such as for example Funkadelic and Curtis Mayfield. The topic matter of their tunes, however, largely honored even more traditional gospel spiritual themes, although knowing of interpersonal issues of that time period sometimes seeped into tunes like “The Ghetto.” The LP drawn little see upon its launch, with innovator Calvin Fair carrying on his profession in gospel using the Detroit group Gospel Unlimited in the ’80s.