Beloved Worship Songs Get Stunning Bluegrass Makeover

Beloved worship songs get a stunning bluegrass makeover in this creative cover by the Hudson Harmony Band. All of the sounds blend together so seamlessly. Play the video to hear it. 

As the band appears over various beautiful landscapes in northern Arizona, they sing snippets from “I’ll Fly Away,” “I Can’t Feel at Home Any More,” and other Gospel hymns. The bluegrass worship cover sounds almost a little sped-up, but it may actually just be the fast pace of their fingers on their instruments—they are a very skilled group.

Along with the guitar, members also play the banjo, mandolin, and fiddle. Bluegrass worship covers are wonderful to hear. It’s always nice to hear a song you’ve heard many times reimagined in a different way. 

Some of the lyrics from the medley, which are from “I Can’t Feel At Home An More,” are:

This world is not my home, I'm just a passing through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue;
The angels beckon me from heaven's open door,
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore.

The hymn first appeared in 1919 in “Joyful Meeting in Glory Song Book No. 1,”  but the author is unknown. It’s a shame because it’s such a thoughtfully and cleverly written song. 

The first person to record the song was a blues singer named Sam Jones of Cincinnati, who recorded under the stage name Stovepipe No. 1. Since then, a number of artists have recorded and covered it, including the Arizona-based Hudson Harmony bluegrass band. 

It sounds just as good–if not better–when sung in this bluegrass style. Hopefully, the Hudson Harmony Band has got more bluegrass worship covers planned for the future, too!

“For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.” 2 Corinthians 5:1