''On Praying Ground'' is an album by the American musician

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, released in 1990. It is a collection of gospel songs. The version of "I'm Gonna Lay My Burdens Down" was inspired by

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's arrangement. At the

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, ''On Praying Ground'' won the

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Track listing

# "You Must Come in at the Door" (Sunny Skylar, Doc Watson) – 2:15 # "Precious Lord" (Daniels, Jones) – 3:30 # "On Praying Ground" (Traditional) – 2:25 # "I'll Live On" (T.J. Laney) – 2:34 # "Gathering Buds" (James Rowe, James Vaughan) – 2:56 # "Beautiful Golden Somewhere" (L. H. Parthemore) – 3:14 # "I'm Gonna Lay My Burdens Down" (Traditional) – 3:38 # "We'll Work 'Til Jesus Comes" (William Miller, Elizabeth Mills) – 2:43 # "The Ninety & Nine" (Elizabeth Clephane, Ira Sankey) – 2:31 # "Farther Along" (Rev. W. B. Stevens) – 4:15 # "Christmas Lullaby" (Traditional) – 2:04 # "Did Christ O'Er Sinners Weep" ( Benjamin Beddome) – 2:12 # "

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" (Josiah K. Alwood) – 3:00

Personnel

*Doc Watson – guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals * T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals *

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– mandolin *

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– dobro *Alan O'Bryant – guitar, harmony vocals * Jack Lawrence – guitar *

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– guitar, harmony vocals * Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin, guitar, harmony vocals * Roy "Junior" Huskey – bass Production notes *Produced by T. Michael Coleman *Engineered by Bill Vorn Dick *Mastered by James Lloyd *Photography by Will & Deni McIntyre

References

{{Authority control Doc Watson albums 1990 albums Sugar Hill Records albums