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Over at southerngospelblog there’s a discussion afoot based on a J.D. Sumner quote about songwriting to the effect that “songwriters only have so many songs in them, and then they run out and could / should quit writing.” Daniel rebuts the parts of this claim he disagrees with and you can judge for yourself the […]

From singing convention patriarch Eugene McCammon, a prolific composer and renowned music educator in the convention-singing world:
After having listened to gospel radio most of yesterday afternoon, I am still convinced that a third-rate song with first-rate production yields a third-rate song.

Apropos our discussion below of the recent Daniel-Aaron-Wes-Brandon-Nate-Phil megareview of the Booths’ Declaration, reader RDP catches something I’d missed:
In an effort to display his ability to show over-the-top enthusiasm for what is doubtless a well-produced album, Daniel suggested that Lari Goss deserves to be placed along-side Mozart, Beethoven and Bach as a great composer. Having […]

Our story so far: The five six horsemen of the megareview recently reviewed the Booth Brothers new CD, Declaration. For the most part the review’s a good ole fashion joyful-noisey praisefest for the greatness of southern gospel in general and the brilliance of the Booth Brothers and Lari Goss in particular.
But near the end of […]

After dredging up that story about the two different versions of “Count on Me” yesterday, I’ve been thinking some more about the choice to sub out Penrod’s voice for Gaither’s more prosaic, somewhat lumbering baritone in the first verse.
Of course the first thing to say is that it wouldn’t really seem like that big of […]

The Nelons: Beside Still Waters
Vine Records
2010
At NQC in 1995, the Gaither Vocal Band was selling limited time pre-release editions of its Southern Classics, Vol. 2, Guy Penrod’s debut recording with the group. His big song on the album was “Count on Me,” a testimonial anthem with a fireworks climax built around Penrod’s gigantic range. On […]