Lordsong's A Capella

Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:10:55 -0400
Newsgroups: alt.music.gospel.southern
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Has anyone heard this CD? I'm a DJ at an SG radio station, and we have a
copy of this CD. On occasion, I'll play a number or two from it. I'll
always announce, "Now, I'm going to do something a little different. . ."
and I'll talk about the CD, describing it a little, and play the song.
While I haven't gotten any complaints, I haven't gotten any positive
feedback either. I was just wondering if anyone else had heard it, and what
they thought of the CD, or the concept. I, personally, would like to see
other SG groups do similar projects. I think Greater Vision would put out a
good one.
There are other instances when I'll play something that's off the beaten
path, so to speak. We have a CD by a choir called The Century Men. On that
CD is a cover of "Just A Little Talk with Jesus." It starts out with a
men's choir, who I believe are The Century Men, singing a somewhat emotional
version of the song. Then it goes into another choir, and this time, I
believe it's The Broadway Inspirational Voices, singing a tight version of
the song, much like a Marine choir would. It finishes off with a singer
named Darius de Haas singing a black gospel version of the song. It all
comes together nicely, and is a toe tapper. The name of the CD is "Anthems
in Disguise."
And finally, and this one is most recent, is Tim and Mollie O'Brien. We are
an SG station, but we go a little heavier on the bluegrass gospel than a lot
of other SG stations do. On a BGG comp, we have a number by Tim and Mollie
called "Shut De Do" (pronounced "doe"). While very hard to describe, it's
got sort of a Calypso/Folk sound to it. Because this is a bluegrass group,
I play it from time to time, again, announcing something a little different.
Because all these songs are related to Southern or Bluegrass Gospel in some
way, I do think it's entertaining to play them for the listeners, even
though they do bend the format somewhat. But keep in mind, if an SG group
were to do a heavy metal number, or if someone were to rap an SG song, you
ain't hearin' it on my airshift.
Just throwing that out.
Take care.