Comments on: Every Day http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/ Criticism and commentary on southern gospel music Thu, 24 May 2012 02:59:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Southern Classic(s) Rocks: The Gardener On GVB « Friday Night Revival http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1479371 Southern Classic(s) Rocks: The Gardener On GVB « Friday Night Revival Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:23:15 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1479371 [...] be no contest.  Southern Classics is at the top.  While googling some various info, I encountered this interesting thread published a couple of years ago, cementing a popular opinion.  Scroll down and you’ll get to [...] […] be no contest.  Southern Classics is at the top.  While googling some various info, I encountered this interesting thread published a couple of years ago, cementing a popular opinion.  Scroll down and you’ll get to […]

]]> By: Auke http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1243018 Auke Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:05:23 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1243018 i got the couriers unlimited album...thru a good friend...but i have no album titles or credits whatsoever who can get me these? i got the couriers unlimited album…thru a good friend…but i have no album titles or credits whatsoever who can get me these?

]]> By: Wade http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1085023 Wade Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:25:30 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1085023 From Terry Franklin... "And yes, Mark sings some of his parts." Now that is funny and honest at the same time!! From Terry Franklin…

“And yes, Mark sings some of his parts.”

Now that is funny and honest at the same time!!

]]> By: QwertyJuan http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1075746 QwertyJuan Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:57:24 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1075746 Terry Franklin... man... glad to see you're still alive! ;) Seriously... one of my favorite tenors of all time!! One of my first ever SoGo "tapes" was Peace of the Rock, then shortly after I bought Southern Classics #2... I remember when Testify came out that you and Michael were gone, and I was not very happy about it! :) Terry Franklin… man… glad to see you’re still alive! ;)

Seriously… one of my favorite tenors of all time!!

One of my first ever SoGo “tapes” was Peace of the Rock, then shortly after I bought Southern Classics #2… I remember when Testify came out that you and Michael were gone, and I was not very happy about it! :)

]]> By: quartet-man http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1075193 quartet-man Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:51:50 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1075193 I think Mark Lowry has improved tremendously. When he first joined, I wasn't keen on the idea and missed McSpadden. By the time the Few Good Men project came along I liked their new sound. However, I feel like Lowry really improved with the I Do Believe project and even now he seems to have a fuller sound. I really like him on the baritone part even if he has to have a "Gaither Vocal Band for dummies" CD to learn it. :-) I might even go so far as to say he is my favorite baritone they have had. I think Mark Lowry has improved tremendously. When he first joined, I wasn’t keen on the idea and missed McSpadden.

By the time the Few Good Men project came along I liked their new sound. However, I feel like Lowry really improved with the I Do Believe project and even now he seems to have a fuller sound.

I really like him on the baritone part even if he has to have a “Gaither Vocal Band for dummies” CD to learn it. :-) I might even go so far as to say he is my favorite baritone they have had.

]]> By: Terry Franklin http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1074832 Terry Franklin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:38:01 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1074832 Andy, The "also" was in reference to the earlier post re: Mike English. Lol. In answer to your question: Yes, a scheduling conflict. And yes, Mark sings some of his parts. Andy, The “also” was in reference to the earlier post re: Mike English. Lol. In answer to your question: Yes, a scheduling conflict. And yes, Mark sings some of his parts.

]]> By: Andy http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1074767 Andy Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:27:20 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1074767 Terry, I agree... You are an amazing singer. But you did not answer my question. I have heard Penrod say the same thing, and thought maybe it was a one time thing. Mark seems like he is used as a showman on stage. But a studio singer he will never be! You were missed at the GVB Reunion... was it a scheduling conflict? Terry, I agree… You are an amazing singer. But you did not answer my question. I have heard Penrod say the same thing, and thought maybe it was a one time thing. Mark seems like he is used as a showman on stage. But a studio singer he will never be! You were missed at the GVB Reunion… was it a scheduling conflict?

]]> By: Terry Franklin http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1074672 Terry Franklin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:25:44 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1074672 Andy, Mark is also a great singer. Andy,

Mark is also a great singer.

]]> By: Andy http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1073534 Andy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:21:37 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1073534 Terry... I was wondering... You have implied that Mark Lowry does not sing his part on recordings... is that true? I have heard Guy Penrod say the same thing. Terry… I was wondering… You have implied that Mark Lowry does not sing his part on recordings… is that true? I have heard Guy Penrod say the same thing.

]]> By: Andy http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1073532 Andy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:20:03 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1073532 Terry is a great tenor... but David Phelps is the reigning Tenor Champion of the World. Terry is a great tenor… but David Phelps is the reigning Tenor Champion of the World.

]]> By: Auke http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1073100 Auke Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:39:57 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1073100 Great post Jeff...that's the Michael i know and love too...great post! Auke Great post Jeff…that’s the Michael i know and love too…great post!

Auke

]]> By: Kenny Bania http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1069011 Kenny Bania Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:53:28 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1069011 This thread's gold, Jerry. Gold! This thread’s gold, Jerry. Gold!

]]> By: quartet-man http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1068793 quartet-man Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:13:26 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1068793 #44 Great post, Jeff! #44 Great post, Jeff!

]]> By: Jeff Crews http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1068569 Jeff Crews Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:27:07 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1068569 As a SG fan at a Christian college in the 90's, I became extremely proud of Michael English. EVERYBODY else was in to CCM. Mike was the first SG boy to make good in the big time (CCM). I saw him in concert with the Martins singing backup. It was like Elvis was in the building. He was totally unashamed of telling the crowd of CCM fans that the best music in the world was the Happy Goodmans, The Kingsmen, etc. After the concert, fans were lined up to see him (many CCM fans unaware that an artist would visit his own record table). He signed autographs and was pleasant to everyone, but when I asked him about Vestal, (before her big comeback), he launched into a 30 minute conversation with me about his SG heroes - while everybody else waited to meet him. He validated a music form that at that point only had Gold City and The Cathedrals doing anything of notice to the wider music world. As great as both groups were, they were not COOL. They had magic galore, but no cool factor. The GVB was cool - good looking young guys dressed like people their age who transcened stylistic boxes. Anyone from that era knows that every lead singer or tenor singer absolutely IDOLIZED English. Though I was extremely disappointed in his very public trouble, I remember that he displayed shame - something that is missing from our current culture. HE gave the Doves back, HE left Gaither, not the other way around. I'm thrilled to have him back in the SG world. One last note, Southern Classics was NO throwaway album. Every church quartet in the country was doing "their" version of every song on that album. "Satisfied", "Little is Much", and "I Bowed" raised the bar of quartet singing, album production on a pure SG album, and most old time quartet guys said it was the best quartet singing they's ever heard. Glen Payne wasn't the only one saying Terry was the greatest tenor ever. That GVB line-up seemed to have a better understanding of quartet singing history than any other line-up. Their harmonies swell, and their vocal licks work just like those of the Rambos and the Goodmans to play and rub against each other until the chord resolution. Terry and Mike blended better than any other tenor/lead combo I've ever heard. Sheer perfection the likes of which we will not see again. As a SG fan at a Christian college in the 90’s, I became extremely proud of Michael English. EVERYBODY else was in to CCM. Mike was the first SG boy to make good in the big time (CCM). I saw him in concert with the Martins singing backup. It was like Elvis was in the building. He was totally unashamed of telling the crowd of CCM fans that the best music in the world was the Happy Goodmans, The Kingsmen, etc. After the concert, fans were lined up to see him (many CCM fans unaware that an artist would visit his own record table). He signed autographs and was pleasant to everyone, but when I asked him about Vestal, (before her big comeback), he launched into a 30 minute conversation with me about his SG heroes - while everybody else waited to meet him. He validated a music form that at that point only had Gold City and The Cathedrals doing anything of notice to the wider music world. As great as both groups were, they were not COOL. They had magic galore, but no cool factor. The GVB was cool - good looking young guys dressed like people their age who transcened stylistic boxes. Anyone from that era knows that every lead singer or tenor singer absolutely IDOLIZED English. Though I was extremely disappointed in his very public trouble, I remember that he displayed shame - something that is missing from our current culture. HE gave the Doves back, HE left Gaither, not the other way around. I’m thrilled to have him back in the SG world. One last note, Southern Classics was NO throwaway album. Every church quartet in the country was doing “their” version of every song on that album. “Satisfied”, “Little is Much”, and “I Bowed” raised the bar of quartet singing, album production on a pure SG album, and most old time quartet guys said it was the best quartet singing they’s ever heard. Glen Payne wasn’t the only one saying Terry was the greatest tenor ever. That GVB line-up seemed to have a better understanding of quartet singing history than any other line-up. Their harmonies swell, and their vocal licks work just like those of the Rambos and the Goodmans to play and rub against each other until the chord resolution. Terry and Mike blended better than any other tenor/lead combo I’ve ever heard. Sheer perfection the likes of which we will not see again.

]]> By: Art http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1068044 Art Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:07:26 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2009/12/08/every-day/#comment-1068044 http://coomercove.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/gold-city-seekingto-announce-new-tenor/ http://coomercove.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/gold-city-seekingto-announce-new-tenor/

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