Beginning in the late '20s, Reverend J.C. Burnett began recording religous sermons, including a popular series released by Columbia. One of the most exciting recordings of gospel music from a strictly secular standpoint was the combination of Burnett, producer Joe Davis, and a group of session musicians Davis chose for the occasion fronted by keyboard player Porter Grainger. Grainger's heavy duty gospel organ bears a fair resemblance to a chicken-fried pork chop with a side of candied yams, but the amount of rehearsal preparation involved in this session would have made a Southerner drop off his porch. A letter from Grainger to Davis, as reported in the latter man's biography Never Sell a Copyright, indicates that the seasoned keyboardist was worried about this session: "Anticipating the probability that something might go wrong, I rehearsed my group so thoroughly that they didn't necessarily need their scores." These tracks originally came out on the Jay Dee label.