This 1985 album serves as a capsule of Finster's unique outsider art, blending his spoken-word sermons and found-sound sonic collages with a raw, unvarnished folk sensibility. It captures the artist in his most creatively fertile period, shortly after his breakthrough into the mainstream art world.
- The album was released on Folkways Records in November 1985, categorised under folk and country genres.
- Finster created over 46,000 works of art in his lifetime, which he referred to as 'The Paradise Folk Art Museum'.
- The album was released during a period of increased visibility for Finster, following his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1984.
The Reverend Howard Finster was a Pentecostal minister and folk artist from Rome, Georgia, known for his visionary artworks crafted from found objects. Though he began making art in the 1940s, he only gained wider recognition in the early 1980s, experiencing a surge of popularity fueled by R.E.M.'s use of his work in their album art and videos.
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