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A song by and a remembrance of Jessy Dixon:

Most southern gospel fans know Dixon in one of the half-lives of his later career as a Homecoming friend, but of course Dixon had an accomplished history in both secular and sacred music long before joining the Homecoming tour, as reader (and friend of Avery) CU recalls:
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Rest in peace, Jessy Dixon, and in that beautiful light.

I’ve kept the Jason Crabb song of this name on speed dial this week, in no small part because its portrait of an earnest soul that struggles for (and regularly fails to achieve) spiritual buoyancy has been an apt summary of my post-NQC state of mind and feeling.
Roger Ebert laments in his recently released memoir […]

Or, goodbye to all that. Ok, not entirely. I will probably be back next year, but tonight, between a developing head cold and a general case of the musical malaise, I stayed “home” in Avery’s Undisclosed Location. Feel free to fill in the blanks here, to the extent that they are fillable. More conclusionary thoughts […]

You’re on your own tonight folks. Except for Chris Allman and a few bars from Wes Hampton, there wasn’t anything much for me to write home or blog about. If the morning brings new mercies or insights, I shall declare them then.*
*In the light of a new day, the only amplification I might add is […]

Tonight I made an executive decision to cut out early and get some rest. Watch this space for more tomorrow a.m. on what I heard this evening. In the meantime, feel free to supply your own thoughts.
Update: Last night it seemed to me the less said about Thursday’s lineup and experience the better, and sleep […]

The interns have been monitoring our short wave radio feed for any dispatches from our far-flung correspondents, and this bit came in over the e-transom earlier this morning:
So I’m leaving Little Rock Monday after work and listening to the local classic rock station - which is about the only thing I listen to if I […]

Regarding the evergreen gripes about the NQC sound from the main stage, a commenter makes this salient point in reply to my remark last night about deviating presets and wild swings in sound quality from one group to the next:
 Presets on the console are of no use when the group sound man tweaks and […]

Well nigh onto two decades now, I’ve been making this journey to Louisville, and for the last seven years, I’ve been copiously documenting the full immersion experience of listening and processing and posting online for the long three-day weekend (Thursday-Saturday) that my schedule typically allows. Regular readers will have doubtless become accustomed to the tiered […]

I refer of course to the delectable ice cream at Freedom Hall. The Averyfineline bus rolled into town just a few minutes ago after a raucous hours singalong roadtrip (h/t, JC). The interns are arranging the blogging suite as I type, then it’s off to Freedom Hall.
This is the first year I’ve made a Wednesday […]