Not the rock band (Although they Byrds have a track called 'Jesus is Just Alright'). These are supposed to be real birds. Actually, they're voices by a guy who specializes in bird calls.
Ralph Platt - The Birds Sing His Praise
The record is bizarre pairing of church oriented music with bird chatter. A similar effect could be acquired by placing an organ in an aviary. The birds just make noise, they don't sing of praise. Secretly I was hoping they would - like the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland.
Rather than train real birds to do what they do anyway, the producers decided to hire a guy instead.
I picked this up today at my local Goodwill. When I returned to the car, some bird left a dropping on my hood. My first thought was 'geez, what did you do that for? Would I defile your nest?' Then I got to thinking. Was Jesus instructing the birds to do this because I was laughing at this album?
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