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Brian Crout
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Feb 14
Top 100: #16 Stand Up at Opryland USA (Kingsmen)
Release Year: 1986 Album Rank for Group: #1 of 2 Here’s a blurb: Stand Up at Opryland contains some of my favorite live moments from Kingsmen recordings. Everything I love about the Kingsmen can be found here: Garry Sheppard putting on a show with his special brand of tenor singing, Arthur Rice hitting the big notes, …
Feb 10
Album Review: Together Again (Crabb Family)
Announced in October of last year, the Crabb Family’s reunion tour is in full swing already in 2012. In support of the tour, Together Again is the family’s first project together in several years after the siblings took separate paths of music ministry. I have to disclose that I am not familiar with the family’s …
Feb 02
Top 100: #17 We Still Believe (Collingsworth Family)
Release Year: 2007 Album Rank for Group: #1 of 3 Here’s a blurb: The Collingsworth Family has never sounded better than they do right now, and their two most recent studio albums contain their greatest vocal work. But overall, including song selection, We Still Believe is my favorite recording they’ve made so far. From their previous …
Jan 25
Top 100: #18 20 Inspirational Favorites (Greater Vision)
Release Year: 1993 Album Rank for Group: #4 of 13 Here’s a blurb: 20 Inspirational Favorites is a collection comprised of classics, hymns, and songs previously performed by Gerald Wolfe and Mark Trammell with the Cathedrals. But don’t let that fact fool you. When in the hands of the greatest trio blend in the history …
Jan 23
Top 100: #19 King’s Gold (Gold City & Kingsmen)
Release Year: 1992 Album Rank for Group: #1 of 3 Here’s a blurb: The King’s Gold series is, in my opinion, the greatest collaborative effort in southern gospel music history. I love all four of the albums that came out of it, but none of them quite captured the character of these two groups like …
Jan 19
Top 100: #20 Preparing the Way (Gold City)
Release Year: 1996 Album Rank for Group: #8 of 15 Here’s a blurb: The top twenty of my countdown kicks off with the first recording by the Gold City lineup that will find itself all over these rankings now, with six albums in the top twenty. The quartet had already shown that they would be …
Jan 17
Top 100: #21 Gospel Parade (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)
Release Year: 2001 Album Rank for Group: #1 of 7 Here’s a blurb: For over thirty years now, Doyle Lawson, leader of one of the most respected bands in bluegrass, has kept a toe in the waters of southern gospel. For one recording, Quicksilver dove right on in. The prominent piano and convention style may …
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