Buy Sheet Music to Just a Closer Walk. It is a beautiful piano-based instrumental with optional second piano and 1-3 part chorus accompaniment. Just a Closer Walk is a traditional gospel song, author unknown. It was a million-seller for Red Foley in 1950, Elvis Presley recorded it in 1958 and Tennessee Ernie Ford made the charts with it in the late 1950’s.
Just a Closer Walk is perhaps the most frequently played selection in the hymn and dirge section of traditional New Orleans Jazz Funerals. Piano I and II with 1-3 vocal chorus parts. Contemporary arrangement of a timeless favorite! Latin-feel style- medium difficulty. Medium difficulty and can be performed with or without vocals.
From My Father’s Favorite Hymns Album. You can buy sheet music to In the Garden as a single download at Sheetmusicplus.net (you can also hear the song here!) or in My Father’s Favorite Hymns Piano/Vocal Book.