Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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November 29, 2004

Gird Yourself . . . yea, verily

Credit where it's due . . . the editor of www.averyfineline.com makes some great points about the glut of sorry Christmas music today in his "Gird yourself for bad Christmas music" article.

I have two suggestions for Southern Gospel artists who are thinking about recording a Christmas CD next year.

1. Sing some new material. I can't stress this enough.
2. If you won't do that, at least do the old stuff in a different way . . . a way that defines the cut as YOUR version as only you can do it. I wasn't all that crazy about the Oak Ridge Boys singing the "Hallelujah Chorus," but at least no one would mistake them for anyone else.

In three days, I've heard four totally unique jazz versions of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" on XM's Special XMas channel (described more fully a couple of blog entries below this one), not to mention a couple dozen versions of "Jingle Bells." Point being . . . if THEY can do it, SG artists can do it too.

By the way, I've heard the Grandma song three times now, the Chipmunks twice (the same song twice in a span of ten minutes which was odd), and those blasted dogs barking "Jingle Bells" twice. I guess it's just part of the price you have to pay to hear lesser known tracks by artists like The Ventures, Al Hirt and Bill Engvall. I sent them an email and requested "Teddy, The Red Nosed Senator" by Bob Rivers, but I haven't heard them play it yet. :o)
posted by David Bruce Murray @ 10:36:00 PM


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