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1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars) Click title to purchase at CBD.com...click artist name to read Dave's Review. A CD will automatically fall out of the Top Eight after twelve months if no CD surpasses it before then.
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-----------August 3, 2005Bob Terrell's The Music MenA few months ago I mentioned my increasing preference for Amazon.com as a source for used books and CDs. Back in April, I bought what is probably the most referenced historical/anecdotal collection for classic Southern Gospel . . . Bob Terrell's The Music Men. I read it from cover to cover one time and have since referenced a number of articles using the book's index. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in SG history. Terrell's writing style is generally easy to read. One thing that makes history difficult to swallow is too many cold hard facts in a row . . . this guy left the group, and formed a group with persons 1, 2, 3, and 4 . . . meanwhile the original group replaced him with guy number 5. Six sentences like that in a row will leave you saying, "So?" Terrell gets into that type of a rut briefly in a few spots, but mostly he writes in a more conversational tone. Most chapters focus in on just one character or a particular entity that warrants attention...the crash of the Blackwood Brothers plane, for example. Other chapters consist of short recollections and/or humorous events that transpired between popular performers...Hovie Lister addressing an audience while not realizing his pants were unzipped, for example, and thinking Jake and Big Chief were just trying to play a gag on him and refusing to look down while the audience roared with laughter. Along with the narrative, there's a nice collection of photographs...though the print quality in the Mountain Church version of the book I purchased isn't the greatest. I especially appreciated the captions under the photos, which explain more than simply who's in the picture. Labels: History posted by David Bruce Murray @ 12:05:00 AM
 
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