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And so, a little Christmas music (sort of), via the Homecoming Friends: “Jesus, the Light of the World.” I had frankly forgotten about this tune until I heard it last week as part of the Gaither Christmas show. I think it first appeared on a Homecoming recording in the Joy to the World video (at […]
As regular readers know, I taught a seminar on gospel music and American literature last semester as part of my real-world job, and this semester I reprised the course at the graduate level. So when the Gaither tour came to town Friday, I organized a field trip with some of the students. Or, I should […]
So a radio station has now pulled Gaither Vocal Band’s “Jesus and John Wayne” from the air after listeners complained about the song’s allegedly bad theology. What rubbish.
Regular readers will know that I don’t like the song one bit, but reading this kind of nonsense nearly roused me into a fit of defensive pique, just […]
Shorter Emily Sutherland (h/t, dmp): Wondering about stuff that makes Homecoming look good is just what faithful Christians do. Wondering about stuff we don’t want to talk about is gossipy and unChristian.
Date: Thursday, February 12
Location: Fort Myers, FL
Setting: Germaine Arena
Average age guesstimate: Snow bird
Attendance: ca 6000
If you want to understand what is probably the main reason Bill Gaither made such revanchist splashy changes to the Gaither Vocal Band, sit through the first hour of the show on the Lovin’ Life tour. If you want to know […]
For those of you curious about the partial return of the new old Gaither Vocal Band (sans Lowry), you might want to check out this reader report from a Homecoming concert posted in comments:
With the high tenor lead, they did some switching between Hampton and Phelps…and it was painfully clear that Bill would just point […]
In his response to my critique of the “Satisfied” clip from the Gaither Vocal Band Reunion, David Bruce Murray says:
Besides, the appeal of this upcoming GVB reunion video isn’t about whether or not the singers can still cut it. The appeal is seeing them together again. I enjoyed Danny Funderburk on the Cathedral Reunion Tour […]
From Tori Taff, the Gaitherite wife of Gaitherite Russ Taff:
OK, I do realize that attempting to address the vitriolic Gaither-hating on this site is an exercise in futility, but you know… sometimes the wife of a “histrionic, emotionalistic, over-singing, Gaither-light waving, badly dressed, prematurely atrophied career” singer just needs to get a couple of […]
For the curious or those just wanting a distraction from the wait for election returns, here’s a clip of Jason Crabb holding down the center of “Worthy is the Lamb” with the Gaither Vocal Band at a recent Homecoming event (h/t, S). I kinda had the same reaction as a friend of mine: “mmm…i never […]
Of the Gaither Vocal Band, I mean. I confess, that was one thought that crossed my mind when I saw Guy Penrod is taking a “sabbatical” from the GVB. I don’t know anything to make me think there’s more to this than meets the eye. Rather, it just seems like a particularly visible evidence of […]
