Comments on: Saturday News Roundup #25 and Open Thread

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:08:47 +0000

Well, I’ll just come right out and say I agree with you that it’s their best to date.

There aren’t any big ballads (like “When We See Christ,”) and I do miss those, but it is a solid project.

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:07:35 +0000

Daniel I am interested to hear what you think about the Browns new project, I have heard it and I am very impressed, I have all of their stuff and this is the best by far. (IMHO)

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:48:31 +0000

Yes, Tribute. Wow, I just can’t get things right in this particular open thread!

Think I’d better switch to lurking.

By: Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:28:59 +0000

#5: Do you mean Tribute instead of Triumphant? I think Triumphant already has a really strong live program!

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:54:00 +0000

I knew that. Thanks for catching my error, though – for some reason, the Mike LeFevre Quartet was on my mind, and that was the group I was commenting on.

Oddly, though, my same overall observations hold true for Triumphant Tribute. They are a couple hit songs away from a really strong live program. They have a good program now, but I think they’ll just be getting better over the next few years.

By: Chris Unthank

Chris Unthank — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:52:01 +0000

Tribute Quartet has never been on Canaan Records…

By: Quaid

Quaid — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:22:43 +0000

I saw that the Hairie Family was on the August ‘03 chart in the poll. You don’t hear anything out of them now: what happended to them? The group disbanded, I assume?

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:29:22 +0000

Well, don’t hold your breath, since that one doesn’t go up for a while!

I do think their concerts have improved noticeably since their first Canaan CD came out. Even though I’m not crazy about every single track on that project, several will make great additions to their program.

The group has a couple of years to go, and needs a couple more strong songs and albums, before being able to put on a hit-filled program like Greater Vision or Gold City does now.

But they’ve made several long strides forward in that direction over the last few years.

By: Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:27:09 +0000

I’ll be eager to see your thoughts on Tribute Quartet’s DVD. I wasn’t really impressed with it; I’ve seen a regular concert of theirs and liked it much better than the one on the DVD.