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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September 13, 2005

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You never know how the secular media is going to portray a gospel event like the National Quartet Convention. Louisville's Courier-Journal had THIS story in the Tuesday morning paper following the events of Monday, September 12, 2005. It's a pretty good write up...explaining why the word "southern" is a bit of a misnomer for the genre and mentioning some of the top groups.

I overheard about the article while I was having breakfast. I'm not prone to eavesdropping, but my ears perked up when I heard someone at the next table read the front page teaser..."40,000 gospel fans gather for convention." Then they flipped to the story, and the next two words out of their mouth were "OH NO!"

This comment was made in response to seeing the large photo on page 1 of section B. The photo shows the Northmen sporting pink suits and prepping before going on stage. (The photo looks much smaller here and on the weblink above. Try to imagine it six inches wide.)

Thanks guys. You are the new image of the National Quartet Convention in Louisville. Now everyone in Louisville thinks people who sing Southern Gospel dress in ridiculous outfits like yours. They probably thought Southern Gospel was weird enough already, but you had to go and give them hard evidence to back up their suspicions.

Perhaps NQC should add some color restrictions to their dress code. I'm joking, of course, but only a little bit. Maybe they could just require groups that dress funny to limit their acts to comedy. The Northmen send a mixed message when they dress like clowns, but sing serious songs like "His Amazing Love" and "It's In The Savior's Hand." Their singing quality is pretty decent, by the way, but who is going to take them seriously? Someone at NQC does, evidently, because they let them go on stage on the afternoon showcase. I'll bet they weren't planning for the newspaper to cover them, though...oh well...you make your bed and you sleep in it.

By the way, Tabatha Barkley of Family Tradition looks classy in her photo. Unfortunately, Barkley's photo is much smaller and below the fold. She also gets credit for carrying on when her group's "tape broke"...evidently the folks at the Courier-Journal don't recognize the sound of a CD skipping and think Southern Gospel artists are so lost in the past they still sing with tapes.

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