Jesus Is Just Alright

The two drummers were unnecessary but never overwhelming. And when the members harmonized - as they did most impressively on Jesus Is Just Alright - it came through beautifully. But the lead vocals (and especially those by Simmons) were...

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...this single was issued in most international territories, it was not released in the United Kingdom. A second single from the album, "Jesus Is Just Alright", was released on December 15, 1969 and reached #97 on the Billboard Hot 100 but...

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...of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II featured more charting singles than its UK counterpart, including "Ballad of Easy Rider" (#65), "Jesus Is Just Alright" (#97), "Chestnut Mare" (#121), and "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (#74). However, since...

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"Jesus Is Just Alright" is a song written in 1969 by Arthur Reid Reynolds. The song was recorded by The Byrds for their 1969 album ''Ballad of Easy Rider '' and released as the second single from the album, but it barely scraped the US...

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...Pat Simmons, Skylark, and Ed Toth. Some of the other hits from the group include, Minute by Minute, Listen to the Music, China Grove and Jesus is Just Alright. Tickets are on sale now $45 and up. Click here to purchase or call Ticketmaster...

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...album Free At Last . The song is both a cover of and an answer to The Doobie Brothers' 1972 hit "Jesus Is Just Alright". Recording of "Jesus Is Just Alright" Written by Arthur Reynolds, "Jesus Is Just Alright" was first recorded by The...

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...the songs, creating structure and solidity but rarely drawing overt attention to his stick work. He's the groovy force behind Blackwater," Jesus Is Just Alright," China Grove," and myriad other Doobie's numbers that have become cross-cultural...

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...and Chris Hillman frontline that helped make the band famous. But then there's the guitar. McGuinn and White tear it up on cuts like "Jesus Is Just Alright" and "Lover of the Bayou". "There are so many songs we'd all like to hear, and...

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...I'm Shitfaced - Dropkick Murpheys This list on Palm Sunday weekend? Well, in that case, another honorable mention goes out to "Jesus Is Just Alright" by the Doobie Brothers. . . . Trouble / Iris DeMent w/ Delbert McClinton George Strait...

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...tension he's created with a joke about the White Album? As if to say, how much of a Jesus freak can I be if I also know how to play "Jesus is Just Alright"? On a purely political note, whatever you think of the man, his team is doing an...

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