Comments on: Canaan’s future

By: cdguy

cdguy — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:56:39 +0000

Anybody else catch the Crabb Explosion over the weekend? Great singing and playing, but way too much syrupy thanks to BSA, spouses, band members, etc, before the concert Saturday night. What should have taken 10-15 minutes (and might have been appreciated by the entire 1,000+ in attendance) turned into more than an hour. BORING! All-in-all, though, a wonderful concert, and a great way to go out.

Kelly Bowling was ill, and unable to sing, but Amanda Crabb filled in nicely with Mike-Bowling-Whatever-They-Call-Themselves-This-week.

By: me

me — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 05:24:25 +0000

Great post thom!
I’m not saying I don’t love the old tunes. I do. I’m just way too tired of record companies and radio not moving ahead!.(And I’m not talking about just progressive music either. Play the McKameys, but play their latest!)
There is a place for the past, I know the new music of today will be the past tomorrow, but lets face it. WE ARE DYING HERE! Crowds are down, radio is going broke, record companies are going broke, groups are packing it up. Whats it gonna take for us to realize somethings gotta give?? And I’m an Optimist here!

By: thom

thom — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:56:36 +0000

cdguy: you are right, its all about the numbers. if the genre is not selling nobody is going to sink big money into it unless they are a die hard fan.

i will get excited about the re-birth of canaan records when i see something more than a press release to get excited about.

one things for sure - it won;t ever be like it was back “in the day” of Marvin Norcross.

Hey Canaan - go ahead an prove me wrong! i dare ya! lol

By: quartet-man

quartet-man — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:58:47 +0000

Thanks, QN. I can put the stuff on CD through my computer, I just haven’t done it all yet. I would just like them from the masters if possible.

By: QN

QN — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:23:49 +0000

to ME:
Your favorite groups now will someday be in the past. So, when the’re old, will you not listen to them anymore just because they’re from “the past”?
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean this in a snotty manner at all! But let me warn you, many people (including myself) still love the old music. One who is not very gracious could easily make you regret what you wrote.
Trust me, I’ve started intense quarrels on blogs before. I’ve learned the hard way that SG fans are a group with VERY strong opionions.
Bottom line, learn from my mistake: watch how something is said
to quartet-man: I agree, especially about the Cathedrals. Hey, I have a studio and would be happy to convert your stuff to CD! I’d do just about anything to hear the Cathedrals from Danny’s and Roy Tromble’s eras.

By: cdguy

cdguy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:18:43 +0000

The problem with all Canaan doing much of anything is that the president of Word has never believed in the salablilty of s/g. Years ago, he told me the reason the lable he then headed didn’t persue s/g was lack of sales numbers. I’ve watched over the years, the various configurations of the companies he’s owned/ran, and it does not appear he’s changed his mind. It’s all going to be interesting to watch.

By: quartet-man

quartet-man — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:48:50 +0000

ME, I admit there are plenty of people who act like there has been nothing much of value put out since the 50’s or so. I am not one of those. However, your attitude is equally disturbing. There is enough room for past, present and future. Just because something was recorded more than a year ago doesn’t make it bad any more than if it were recorded in the fifties makes it great.

I want some of the older Cathedrals stuff from a more historical thing anyhow. I have most of the albums (if not all), but would love them on CD. My preference for Cats stuff generally is from the eighties on, but there is good stuff before then and you would do well to not make such a comment because someone could use that as an argument against the style represented in SG, or if nothing else be using it against the music you love on down the line.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:34:59 +0000

Doug–Clarification: What I posted would better be called a conversation than an interview. Apparently some of your readers were expecting something along the lines of my full-blown interviews.

By: me

me — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:09:39 +0000

I’m SO sick of hearing about the past.
Get out of the past, bring on some new blood!

By: KD

KD — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:17:19 +0000

I think a box set of remastered albums would be very popular among sg fans. Similar to what Garth Brooks did with his Walmart box set, or do something extra special and copy the James Brown box set idea from a few years ago, and include some of the studio chatter in between tracks. Who wouldn’t want to hear the Cats cutting up in the studio. Or, for that matter, any of the greats of Canaan’s past.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:23:29 +0000

I would imagine that, if they could, the top-notch PR folks at Canaan would jump all over this PR blunder, and help “the chattering classes of the blogosphere” clear things up–but, alas, they apparently use the American Family Association / BSafe Filter and are righteously oblivious to the existence of blogs (or cults, or news, for that matter).

By: quartet-man

quartet-man — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:45:12 +0000

I could be for seeing all of the Cathedrals Canaan stuff remastered and released on CD. Not sure if there would be enough money in it for them or not. However, unless they release a bunch of stuff on CD and then a new format comes along and becomes entrenched, there is a limit of old stuff for them to reissue before the pickins’ get slim, or they run out of stuff.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:31:29 +0000

Well, there was no “Canaan/Riversong” as one was Word, the other Benson. As for the backlist from Canaan, New Haven has already harvested all the listenable titles and put them out.

Also, the “next wave” has been snuffed out by the NQC. You only have to miss one generation to kill a genre. RIP to “Southern” Gospel. Even they know they are guilty the “kingpins” are even trying to hijack a revival and call it “American”

Perhaps we should all just make a trip to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, scrap all we have and start all over!

By: Tony Watson

Tony Watson — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:45:54 +0000

I may be missing the boat, but I don’t see any “up and comers” that are going to be the “next wave”.

By: www.southerngospelblog.com » Blog Archive » Scattered Thoughts

www.southerngospelblog.com » Blog Archive » Scattered Thoughts — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:34:18 +0000

[…] First, I notice that Averyfineline has some thoughts up about an interview I posted with a Word/Canaan sales rep a few days back. Why he refers to it as “unposted” when I posted it beats me, but his thoughts are an interesting read. And I wholeheartedly agree that a full-time sales rep would be a great addition to the label. […]