Hide Me, Rock of Ages

Hide Me, Rock of Ages
(Brantley C. George - ’50 Bridge Building Music, BMI)
Lead Vocal: Jonathan Rigsby
Harmony Vocal: Bo Isaac
Guitar: Bo Isaac
Fiddle: Jonathan Rigsby
Mandolin: Jonathan Rigsby
Bass: Randy Thomas

John: “I’m a big Bobby Osborne fan and I heard him do it. We were having a practice session and I started singing the high lead. Everybody started falling in with the parts.” On the internet, the author’s great-grandson Taylor states, “The man who wrote it was just a poor, southwest Georgia farmer. He went to all the church sings, revivals and gatherings that he could get to. The song was written on a brown paper bag while he was sitting under an oak tree in the corner of his field. He sold the rights for the small sum of $25 [in 1946].”