Comments on: Northern Gospel

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:45:49 +0000

#35 – I totally should have remembered that.

By: Chris Freeman

Chris Freeman — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:23:24 +0000

The Freemans are also from Ohio. Darrell and Joe Freeman, were both born in South Amherst Ohio. Darrell was raised in Sandusky, and Joe in Kansas, Ohio. All their Family’s are still there.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:16:30 +0000

#32 – Well…that’s almost as logical as saying that Southern TX is not US territory since it’s so close to Mexico!

By: DJPhil

DJPhil — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:23:03 +0000

Good grief! How could I forget the Calvarymen from Michigan! A great quartet!
And that Jodi Hosterman from PA is a great singer(very average golfer though….sorry Jodi lol!!! ok, I wasn’t any better…) and I guess the Skyline boys could be considered north. They are Northwest of Washington DC. (farther north than southern IN or OH)

By: yankee

yankee — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:15:13 +0000

Micah Schweinsberg, drummer for Crabb Family and Crabb Revival is from Ohio. I see someone beat me in saying Steve Ladd of Gold City. Of course when you talk about Southern Ohio, it’s right by KY and WV. That is not even Yankee territory!

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:01:19 +0000

Northern US is not Ohio. It’s a much bigger space than Ohio.

(whispers: But it does include Ohio! )

By: Jim Gerdes

Jim Gerdes — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:00:13 +0000

you southerners need a little geography lesson. Northern US is NOT Ohio. Look at your map. We do sing the Southern style” in the real north, ie, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, and yes we have real quartets up here as well.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:17:11 +0000

It is? I though Maine was the northernmost state next to Alaska.

By: Inquirer

Inquirer — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:59:29 +0000

Actually, Portland, OR is north of Portland, ME(fwiw). Check it out!

By: Cliff Cerce

Cliff Cerce — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:21:43 +0000

The LeFevres were from Philadelphia for a while – and my roots are from my native New Jersey. I cut my teeth with The Forerunners in Maine and New Hampshire (and then later in New Jersey) and then with The Gabriels from Pennsylvania, who worked closely with The Couriers. Then, I was Courier-tenor Duane Nicholson’s piano player when The Couriers temporarily quit in the early 80’s.

As a result, our group has a definite distinctive Northeast leaning and influence, and I have learned that people from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey and parts north of there understand what we do musically and why we do it – while some in the South do not “get it”. We can do a recreation of a well-known style of music or stylistic song from the northeast, and that crowd recognizes it immediately, but other regions of the country sometimes do not even know it is a recreation or homage to a bygone style of the northeast.

Nick Bruno from New York City (Staten Island) is a great example of one who has thrived anywhere he has gone.

Cliff Cerce
The Cerces