Biography

“I asked Guitar Gabriel one day if he had any brothers or sisters. He mentioned that he had a sister but he had not seen her in eight years. He gave me her married name and I found her, blind from diabetes, in an awful nursing home. When I reunited this pair the next day, they immediately broke into song. I scrambled to put up my recording equipment as they sang. Gabriel had written this spiritual the day their mother passed away. Their emotions were so intense they both began crying and their tears soaked the front of their shirts.” – Tim Duffy

How We Helped:
Lucille Lindsay became a Music Maker artist in 1991. As part of Music Maker, Lucille has been able to issue recordings on compilation CDs such as Sisters of the South and A Living Past, and was featured in the 2004 book Music Makers: Portraits and Songs from the Roots of America.