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Stayed Prayed Up

by The Branchettes

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    A spirited celebration of 82-year-old Lena Mae Perry and her legendary North Carolina gospel
    group The Branchettes. Stay Prayed Up documents The Branchettes as they record their first,
    fully live album. Through shared prayer, laughter, hardship and praise, this “church gospel noisy
    crew” demonstrates that music, like faith, ain’t nothing without some fire inside.

    ● Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
    ● MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
    ● Product Dimensions : 8 x 5 x 1 inches; 2.7 Ounces
    ● Director : D.L. Anderson, Matt Durning
    ● Media Format : NTSC
    ● Run time : 1 hour and 12 minutes
    ● Release date : July 5, 2022
    ● Actors : Lena Mae Perry, Wilbur Tharpe
    ● Studio : Greenwich Entertainment
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  • Stayed Prayed Up LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Live at Longbranch Disciples Of Christ Church in Newton Grove, NC on April the 6th, 2019.
    12' vinyl record plus 16 page full color 8"x8" booklet
    Limited Pressing of 350
    Co-Release with WarHen Records

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  • Limited Stayed Prayed Up & Love Lifted Me Bundle
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

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    Grab a special limited edition signed Branchettes CD along with a copy of Thomas Rhyant's beautiful "Love Lifted Me" CD!

    Stayed Prayed Up CD is housed in a flat, jacket-style packaging and includes an insert.
    For information regarding Love Lifted Me, please visit this site: thomasrhyant.bandcamp.com/album/love-lifted-me

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  • Limited Edition SIGNED CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The Branchettes - Stayed Prayed Up
    Signed by Mother Perry!
    Limited to 20 copies!

    CD is housed in a flat, jacket-style packaging and includes an insert.

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Walk With Me 03:12
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The Blood 05:58
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about

After a nearly 50-year calling of singing gospel music, The Branchettes gave a live concert in 2019 to be both filmed and recorded. The resulting Stayed Prayed Up is the first live album in the band’s storied career. Featuring full-on vocals from Lena Mae Perry, glittering keys from Wilbur Tharpe, soaring harmony and a thundering tambourine by Angela Kent, all backed by The Guitar Heels. Over the course of these nine songs listeners are transported right inside the walls of Longbranch Disciples of Christ Church, never more sure of why The Branchettes have been touching audiences' hearts for half a century.

credits

released October 15, 2021

SH001/WH040
The Branchettes - Stayed Prayed Up

Limited to 350 copies
16-page, 8x8" insert booklet and DL Code Included.

Released October 15, 2021

Recorded Live at Longbranch Disciples of Christ Church
Newton Grove, NC
April 6th, 2019

Side A:
01. Come By Here
02. Walk With Me Lord
03. Lay Down My Life
04. I Don't Feel No Ways Tired
05. You Can't Hurry God

Side B:
06. Walk Through The Streets
07. The Blood
08. If It Wasn't For The Lord
09. He Was There All The Time

PLAYERS:
- Mother Lena Mae Perry - Lead Vocals
- Wilbur Tharpe - Piano, Harmony Vocals
- Angela Kent - Harmony Vocal, Tambourine, Lead Vocals on Here Was There All The Time
- Rev. Kenny Nichols - Lead Vocals on Lay Down My Life and The Blood
- Phil Cook - Guitar, Harmony Vocals
- Brevan Hampden - Drums
- Michael Libramento - Bass
- James Anthony Wallace - Organ

TECHNICAL:
- Chris Boerner - Engineering, Mixing and Mastering
- DL Anderson - Photography
- Steve Mann - Photography
- Madalyn Stefanak - Illustration
- JP Trostle - Graphic Design

Stayed Prayed Up produced by Spiritual Helpline, with WarHen Records

Thank you to the Perry Family, Longbranch Church, The Meadow Cafe, Rochelle Nichols, Glenn Hinson, Aaron Greenhood, DL Anderson, Steve Mann, Music Maker Relief Fund, Sandra Davidson and The North Carolina Arts Council.

This recording was funded in part by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council.

See & listen more at www.branchettes.com
Contact: branchettes@yahoo.com

All orders fulfilled by WarHen Records
warhenrecords.bandcamp.com

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The Branchettes Raleigh, North Carolina

In the 45 years that they have been performing the Branchettes have never recorded a live album, until now. This singular live concert recording will act as Spiritual Helpline’s inaugural release in fall 2021.

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