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 19, 2006

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1. Daniel J. Mount, who has done a tremendous amount of work at www.sghistory.com in recent weeks, now has his own blog. Like Daniel said in an email to me yesterday, I'm surprised no one had secured his domain name previously. Check out Daniel's opinions at www.southerngospelblog.com.

2. Welcome Gene Shell as the newest Musicscribe.com contributor. I've known Gene since 1981 when he played tuba and I played trumpet in the East Rutherford High School marching band. Gene and I co-founded Southern Sounds Quartet in 1994. He recently vacationed at NQC and while he was there, he got an overwhelming urge to start writing for my blog. (I think it's because people I didn't even know were coming up to me and calling me by name.) Expect Gene to contribute the occasional CD review and otherwise express his opinion of various facets of Southern Gospel music.

3. Here's a list of groups I saw at NQC that I'd love to see on a full length program in the future...
Route 77: Right now, the group includes Angelina McKeithan and Elizabeth "Lizzy" Long. (Lizzy is the foster daughter of Little Roy and Bonnie Lewis.) These ladies play a number of instruments in addition to singing. They are looking for a third vocalist/player to complete the group, but they're already very impressive as a duo.
Mercy's Well: I had high expectations for this trio after reviewing their last CD. Even though you might not expect two slower paced hymns to capture the attention of a crowd used to high paced songs, this group did just that on a showcase at NQC.
Hope's Call: This tremendously talented trio knows how to sell a showstopper to a crowd. Their debut on the main stage at NQC won the crowd over immediately.
Booth Brothers: Even though I've seen this group perform numerous times, I've yet to see them in a setting where they had time to do full set. Just once, I'd love to see how they'd pace an hour's worth of material.
Rick Web Trio: This group has come out of their shell with their new soprano.

Wow, all those are trios (or a soon to be trio in the case of Route 77).

I did see quite a few male quartets at NQC that I'd gladly go see on a full length program, but I've already seen most of the ones I'd want to see in that sort of setting. Mercy's Mark and Brian Free & Assurance are two that I'd love to catch at some point in the future on a show with only one or two other groups. There's also Valor, which is a trio that sounds like a quartet. I've never seen them perform, not even at NQC on a showcase.

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