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O Love That Will Not Let Me Go

from Every Hour by Claire Holley

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When I asked for hymn suggestions from people, one friend strongly, strongly urged for this song to be included. When George Matheson's fiancee found out that he was going completely blind, she broke off the engagement. He responded with this song, supposedly written in under an hour. You can find other musical versions of this well-known hymn, but we ended up going with its original music by Albert Peace. I love the way it begins with the bass harmonics played by Viktor Krauss.

-CH

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Words by George Matheson
Music by Albert Peace, arr by Holley, Phelps & Krauss

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from Every Hour, released June 1, 2019
Viktor Krauss - upright bass
Dan Phelps - electric guitar
Claire Holley - acoustic guitar and vocal

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Claire Holley Los Angeles, California

Over the last two decades, the Mississippi born and bred Holley has released several albums that range in style from intimate, acoustic settings to traditional hymns, children’s songs, holiday music and full band releases, but her new album, Time in the Middle, expands her sound into some new, sonically complex territory...

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