The Dixie Melody Boys
Gonna Praise The Lord – Live!

My recommended project for week #2 is by The Dixie Melody Boys.? Although the Dixie Melody Boys are sometimes referred to as the “Minor League Farm Team” of Southern Gospel Music, they’ve had their share of good singers pass through the group.? This project is a good example of some of the best talent that has passed through Ed O’Neal’s Dixie Melody Boys.

Gonna Praise The Lord – Live! was released in 1992 and the group consisted of:

• Derrick Boyd (Tenor – now with the Blackwood? Gospel Quartet)

• McCray Dove (Lead – now Owner and lead singer for The Dove Brothers Quartet)

• Rodney Griffin (Baritone & Bass Guitar – now with Greater Vision and multiple winner of the Songwriter of the Year award)

• Ed O’Neal (Bass – still singing bass for the Dixie Melody Boys)

• Eric Ollis (Piano – now playing Piano for The Whisnants)

• Larry Delawter (Utility Musician, Harmonica – I have no idea where Larry is now, sorry

The song list for this project is as follows:

1. I’m Feeling Just Fine

2. Peace In The Valley

3. Listen To The Bells

4. He’s Alive & Well

5. I’ll Have A New Song

6. Stand By Me

7. He Touched Me

8. I Just Gotta Praise The Lord

9. When Morning Comes

10. He Didn’t Move Mt. Calvary

11. Larry DeLawder: Instrumental

12. When I Cross To The Other Side Of Jordan

There were several upbeat songs on this project and those are usually the ones I listen to the most.? My favorite tracks from this projects are “He Didn’t Move Mt. Calvary”, “I’ll Have A New Song”, “I Just Gotta Praise The Lord”, and “I’m Feeling Just Fine”.

This project is a must have for the serious Southern Gospel Music collector, but you’ll have to search ebay.com, Amazon.com or Google.com to try and get your hands on it.? This project is available on CD and shouldn’t be too hard to find.

Kyla Rowland
SG Songwriter

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Coming up on the next Daniel Britt & Friends, the week of 05/28/07:

Her songs have been cherished by fans of Gospel music for decades – so much so that she’s proven time and time again to write some of the top songs this genre has to offer. On the upcoming broadcast of Daniel Britt & Friends, Daniel talks to songwriter Kyla Rowland. Listen as we pay tribute to this classy lady of prose and hear the inspiration behind many of her best-known songs. An hour of stories behind the songs with Kyla Rowland, coming soon on Daniel Britt & Friends!

Daniel Britt & Friends is heard each week throughout the U.S. and Canada on XM Satellite Radio’s enLighten 34 – Mondays at 7PM ET, Thursdays at 10PM ET, and Saturdays at 12 Noon ET. You can also hear it online at xmradio.com, at AOL Radio, or with DirecTV on channel 828.

After the broadcast, you can download the extended interview from www.danielbritt.com

To visit Kyla’s Website, click here:
www.kylarowland.com

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Speculation and rumors can? finally? come to an end.? ? The Kingsmen have official made the announcement that, to no one’s surprise,? Harold Reed will indeed be the next tenor? for? the legendary quartet.? The following is the official word from The Kingsmen, released to the Singing News Magazine:?

Harold Reed Joins The Kingsmen
by The Kingsmen

CANDLER, NC(Singing News) – Ray Dean Reese has announced that Harold Reed has joined the Kingsmen as tenor vocalist, effective May 14, 2007. Reese says, “Harold and his family recently relocated to the North Carolina mountains after three years in Pensacola, Florida. When Jeremy Peace announced his resignation from our group, we started looking for a tenor and we found a good one just across the county. We are thrilled to have Harold as a part of our quartet.”

Harold was a member of the Dixie Melody Boys for over 10 years and for the past three years, was the tenor of the Florida Boys. “I’ve been fortunate to be able to sing with some of Southern Gospel’s most respected quartets and I’m honored to have the opportunity to sing with the Kingsmen. My family and I are thrilled to be back in North Carolina and I’m humbled that God opened the doors for me to sing with one of my all-time favorite groups.”

Harold’s first date with the Kingsmen is tonight, appearing at the Southern Gospel Music Promoters Association’s annual banquet. Harold joins Ray Dean Reese, Brandon Reese, Phillip Hughes, Nick Succi, Grant Barker and Bryan Hutson, who returned to the Kingsmen in February as baritone vocalist.

For more information, visit www.kingsmenquartet.com.

Kyla Rowland
Reminders

This new project from Kyla Rowland is her first solo release.? As you may have expected, Kyla has her name on all of the songs on this new release.? Other writers contributing to the project include Dianne Wilkinson, Joel Lindsey, & Melissa Kennedy.

Every project that Kyla Rowland & Deliverance has released has been of the highest musical quality and this project is no exception.? Musicians for this project were Danny Crawford, David Johnson, Jeremy Metcalf & Tony Creasman.

Other vocalists on this project were Bill Martin (Special Guest Vocalist), Damon Depew (Tenor), Barry Rowland (Bass), Allyson Rowland Kinard (Soprano).

I can say with confidence that you will be hearing some of these songs from the top groups in SG music soon.? Tracks for this project are:

? 1. Free – Kyla Rowland
? 2. Behind The Line Of Grace – Kyla Rowland
? 3. Coming Out And Moving In – Kyla Rowland
? 4. Reminders – Melissa Kennedy/Kyla Rowland
? 5. And The Winner Is – Dianne Wilkinson/Kyla Rowland
? 6. Don’t Give Up – Joel Lindsey/Kyla Rowland
? 7. He Was In Charge – Dianne Wilkinson/Kyla Rowland
? 8. Only Your Blood – Kyla Rowland
? 9. When God Gets In The Battle – Dianne Wilkinson/Kyla Rowland
10. When I Am On My Knees – Kyla Rowland

My personal favorite songs from this project were “Free”, “Coming Out And Moving In”, “He Was In Charge”, & “When God Gets In The Battle”,? but the other tracks? were good, solid Kyla Rowland songs.

Kyla Rowland continues to pen some of the best songs in Southern Gospel music.? If you want to get a glimpse of the future of mainstream Southern Gospel music, purchase this project and then wait for these same songs to hit the charts by groups like Mercy’s Mark and The Perrys.

To purchase this CD, visit Kyla Rowland & Deliverance online at www.kylarowland.com.?

You can also listen to sample clips from this project here:
http://www.kylarowland.com/product.htm#krad

Today I will begin a new segment on my blog.? As an avid collector of SG music, I have an eclectic selection of gospel music. That said, I will begin making a weekly recommendation of a SG project for your collection.?

I hope you will enjoy this as much as I am going to enjoy making the recommendations.

The Best Of The Primitive Quartet
Volume 2?

While not a true SG album, The Primitive Quartet of Candler, NC, have been consistant in their contributions to gospel music.? ? Year after year they produce high-quality, bluegrass style music that gets a lot of airplay on Southern Gospel stations in the south.? Normally, I wouldn’t recommend a bluegrass-style album, but this album of “Greatest Hits” if you will, gives you the some of the best music that the Primitive Quartet put out.

The song list for this 2-CD project includes:

1. The Blessings Of A Friend
2. Safely Home
3. A Letter From Home
4. Lord Lead Me On
5. He’s Still Passing By
6. Family On Both Sides
7. I’m Changing Houses
8. You’ve Been An Inspiration
9. Love Came Down
10. We’ve Been So Blessed
11. Far Side Banks Of Jordon
12. A Bright Home (Where Grief Cannot Come)
13. Reunion In Heaven
14. If I Could Telephone Heaven
15. God Can’t See Through The Blood
16. God’s Only Son
17. It’s Him
18. Only Gone From Our Sight
19. Walking In The Highway
20. I Can’t, But God Can
21. Hallelujah, He’s Risen
22. Where The Roses Never Fade
23. No Longer An Orphan

My personal favorite tracks from this project are “If I Could Telephone Heaven”, “Hallelujah, He’s Risen”, “No Longer An Orphan”, “Only Gone From Our Sight” & “He’s Still Passing By”.? Most tracks are good, but those are by far my favorites.

This double-disc project, along with their library of other projects,? is available online, directly from the Primitive Quartet here:

http://www.primitivequartet.com/

Paul Jackson sent out the following announcement concerning his new venture:

FYI: I have finally launched my own BLOG…3 articles are posted NOW…if you
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