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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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June 6, 2005

Mom Speer Biography

Lena Brock "Mom" Speer
(1900 - 1967)

Lena Brock grew up in a musical family. Her father, Charles A. Brock, taught music in the South and trained his children to sing at an early age. Her brother Dwight Moody Brock was one of the more innovative piano players of his day, introducing what became a common practice of instrumental turnarounds between verses and being one of the first to establish the five man “quartet,” four singers plus a piano player. He was with some of the earliest versions of the Stamps Quartets.

After marrying G. T. Speer in 1920, Lena joined him in forming the Speer Quartet the following year. She was the group’s original soprano and continued to perform alongside her husband and with their four children as the Singing Speer Family until her death in 1967. She was best known for her moving renditions of songs like "Heaven Will Surely Be Worth It All" and "Time Has Made A Change In Me."

In 1997, Speer and her husband were inducted into the SGMA Hall Of Fame.

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