Jul 30

Primitive Quartet :: Thank You For The Roses

PRIMITIVE QUARTET
Thank You For The Roses


My Rating = 3.5 / 5

The new release by the Primitive Quartet for 2007 is entitled Thank You For The Roses. Keeping with traditional PQ style, the musicianship is top-notch. I know that some of my readers aren’t as fond of Bluegrass gospel as I am, but the Primitive Quartet is one of the few Bluegrass gospel groups that get played on Southern Gospel radio stations.

This new project is a good project. It’s not my personal favorite of their releases but there are some good song choices. “There’s A Man In Here” and “Peter, Do You Love Me” are from previous projects, but have new vocals and new instrumentations (although the latter song is A Cappella).

The song “Cane River Revival”, penned by Reagan Riddle, is quite personal to me. Some of you may recall my posting on the Singing News forums about the 6-week revival that took place in my county last year. It was dubbed the Cane River Revival due to the fact that the meetings took place outdoors under a giant tent beside the Cane River in Burnsville, NC.

I was fortunate enough to be the bass guitar player for the meetings and was there every night. I’ve never seen such a moving of the Holy Spirit and our county did have revival. There were thousands gathered each evening to hear Dr. Ralph Sexton, Jr. bring a revival message. We also had the Primitive Quartet on stage with us one evening and over 4,000 people that attended that service under the big tent; thus the inspiration for the song, “Cane River Revival”.

My personal favorite song from the album is “This One Thing I Know” with Randy Fox taking the lead vocals. Other favs of mine from this album are “There’s A Man In Here”, “Cane River Revival”, and “There Is Joy In Heaven For Me”.

Track list for the project:

  1. Cane River Revival
  2. That Soldier Was Me
  3. There’s A Man In Here
  4. He Is Mine And I Am His
  5. The Light Of That City
  6. This One Thing I Know
  7. Peter Do You Love Me
  8. Thank You For The Roses
  9. God’s Sweet Heaven
  10. There Is Joy In Heaven For Me

You may have noticed the image below the CD artwork.? This is my new rating system for album reviews.? Ratings go from 1 – 5 with 5 being AWESOME.

Jul 30

Featured Seller on ebay

Harold Timmons is well known in Southern Gospel circles as an elite seller of antiquated projects.? He also sells newer projects and has a successful ebay store.? I frequent his listings often and believe that you should check him out as well.

Jul 30

ebay gem – 7/30/07 (#2)

Jul 30

ebay gem – 7/30/07 (#1)

Not a bad deal if you’re into The Spencers or The Singing Cookes.

Jul 30

The Joy of Living in the WNC Mountains?!?!?

Usually I love the mountains where I live.? The temperatures are usually nice.? Rarely does my area get above 80 degrees in the summer.? ? There’s almost always a cool breeze blowing here.? The people are generally friendly and just plain nice.?

Sometimes, however, the lack of technological advances in my area is rather frustrating.? As you may guess, I am writing this from work.? My internet connection at home is once again non-existant, hence my lack of posts on my blog and the forums I partake in.? My (cough, cough) “High-Speed” connection (< 512 kb) is on the fritz again for the second time in 2 weeks.? My only option for “High-speed” internet at home comes from a wireless tower on a mountain over 6 miles away and is broadcast to a reciever on a pole behind my house.? Although I do have Charter cable service, which is horrible by the way, they do not offer any internet services and neither does Verizon, who provides my landline phone service.? ? I long for the day when my area isn’t 10 years or more behind in technology.

If you ever plan on moving to? Western North Carolina, plan ahead for problems like this……..

Jul 23

ebay gem – 7/23/07 (#2)

I wouldn’t have mentioned this auction were it not for the free shipping!

Jul 23

ebay gem – 7/23/07

This is almost too good for me to pass up, but I’m saving up my $ for something else……..