Sketches 1984
01. My Prayer *je
02. As The Sparks Fly Upward *ov
03. The Greatest Gift *jf
04. Ascension *lm
05. To Julia *jmt
06. Look Up *ov
07. Touch The Moment *jf
08. The Helping Hand *ov
09. A Threefold Cord *mr
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10. Beyond The River *ov
11. There's A Girl
In A Dream That I Love *jmt
12. Segue *ov
13. So Now You Know *jmt
14. In That Day (Segue)
15. In That Day *jf
16. From This Moment On *je
17. You Still My Soul *ov
18. Prodigal Song *jf/*pp
19. All Over The Land *ov
20. May God Bless And Keep You *jf
21. Song For My Children *jmt
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22. My Prayer (Reprise) *df
23. Please Fill Up My Heart *jmt
Words & Music by
james madison thomas
This was my first effort at creating an album of songs, after I was saved in
1981. I had no money to spend on
recording equipment really, and this
was well before the technology that
is available now to young artists
had been developed.
I really do wish that I could have
recorded the material in a more professional way (I was using two
cassette tape recorders to bounce tracks back and forth to execute the ideas). So there were lots of problems with noise
and pitch fluctuations. But, I kept at it,
and because these recordings are so rough, I called the series (1984–1998) Sketches.
x*jmt James, vocal
*ov ovation classical guitar
*jf Joe Fish, vocals
*mr Mike & Rhonda Riley, vocals
*je Jennifer Ellet, vocal
*pp Priscilla Powell Dubas, clarinet
*df Dick Frost, harmonica
*lm Laura McKey, cello