Wow, thatās quite a find. I know them only from āblinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche another runner in the night.ā
FIFY 
Itās a Bob Dylan song, Father of Night | The Official Bob Dylan Site
Some say it is based on a traditional Jewish prayer.
canāt believe no oneās mentioned The King.
he did 11 gospel albums
Yes, I completely forgot about Elvis! I heard that Elvis would play into the wee hours of the night with his band after his concerts. And it was often these gospel tunes that they would play when nobody was listening.
Got curious while writing this message and found this article.
He sang sacred songs to warm up before recording sessions at RCA Studio B in Nashville.
He invited people back to his penthouse suite in Las Vegas for all-night gospel singalongs during his stint of performances in the late 1960s and '70s at the International Hotel.
Terry Blackwood, who sang and recorded with Presley as a member of the gospel quartet The Imperials, remembers singing backup on stage and then being invited up to Presleyās room to sing into those early morning Vegas hours. (Elvis was a night owl.)
http://elvis.commercialappeal.com/the-gospel-truth-elvis-never-lost-his-faith.php
Iāve seen some videos of Kanye lately and he looks happy. Havenāt seen that Kanye smile in a while. One of the best artists Iāve seen thatās better live.
Three very different versions of the gospel standard (can you say that?) People Get Ready.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzLd2MDAHK8
I think itās cool but itās also a mystery to me how songs like this have gone so mainstream. Millions and millions of views on YouTube. Some kind of desire for more spirituality in recent years? Having lived overseas for so long now I really donāt know. āPsalm 42ā by Tori Kelly linked above is another example of this.
Anyway, this is a good song, I think even if youāre not religious.
Beautiful song!
From Wikipedia. A song about that MLK speech is necessarily spiritual. And Jeff Beck!
āUp to the Mountain (MLK Song)ā is a contemporary folk song written by Patty Griffin. The song touches upon emotions surrounding Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 1968 āIāve Been to the Mountaintopā speech, given the day before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. Originally recorded by Solomon Burke in 2006 and Griffin herself in 2007, it has found greater prominence in performances and recordings since then by Kelly Clarkson and Jeff Beck, Susan Boyle, Crystal Bowersox, and Kree Harrison.
