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"The Gospel Truth" is the 1st song from The Residents "Black Barry" Suite. It is best known for being featured in their live show Cube-E , which toured internationally between 1989 and 1990.
Background[]
This instrumental acts as the opening to the "Black Barry" suite. Even though both Buckaroo Blues and The Baby King are mostly covers, this suite features the most original music with this song being an entirely original composition. It heavily features samples of southern church choirs as well as more traditional African music to fit with the suite's theme of slavery. The origins of these samples are unknown but help fit the unique style of "Black Barry" when compared to "Buckaroo Blues".
It is unknown exactly when this song was made and there is sadly no studio recording of it. It was played live in every single Cube-E show once it was fully developed on July 21st, 1989. It was first released alongside a live recording of Buckaroo Blues on a UWEB cassette exclusive. This tape famously excludes the 3rd act of the show but was released on the "Cube-E pREServed box" giving this tape a CD release for the first time in over 30 years. This song was lucky enough to be revisited by Charles Bobuck as part of his Radio Thoreau project. To date this is the only time The Residents have ever revisited this song.
Releases[]
- Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry (1989)[Version 1]
- Cube-E - Live In Holland (1990)[Version 2]
- In Memoriam Torso (1994)[Version 2]
- Cube-E (2006) [Version 3]
- Radio Thoreau [Version 4]
- Cube-E Box (2020)[Version 1] [Version 3]