Comments on: Statesmen Quartet on Gene Scott program?

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:11:10 +0000

Melissa Scott, wife of the late Gene Scott, can still be seen on some networks. One of the stations on my broadcasts her program and sometimes shows an old program with Gene Scott.
http://www.worldwideuniversitynetwork.com/?gclid=CPD1r7TDoYkCFUx2OAod6TGAQQ

By: Tom (the second one again)

Tom (the second one again) — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:31:32 +0000

Granted that a lot of artists cozy up to the Father/Son/Holy Spirit Broadcasting Network. I certainly wish they didn’t because it’s so embarrassing to the industry, but southern gospel artists aren’t the only ones to fall for it–CCM artists also show up on that network. But compared to that kind of stuff, Gene Scott really takes the cake. Like most of those who have commented, I have little use for that network’s style of Christianity. But at least they put on a facade of being in the mainstream of Christianity. I think you can make some comparisons (in a few ways, not all ways) between Gene Scott and Mormonism–in the sense that most Christians would view Scott as being outside Christianity, plus his restrictions on who could or could not enter his temple is a coincidental parallel. But I’ll assume that DBM was correct when he asserted that Hess and the Statesmen were involved with Scott before he totally flipped over into the deep end. I haven’t really studied Scott’s evolution over time–I tend to equate him with what he was like during his last decade or so. But then again, wasn’t a well-known Statesmen a Mormon during at least part of his southern gospel career?

By: D

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:23:23 +0000

John – I was thinking the same thing …in fact I see them sometimes on a network that uses a lot of gold on their sets.

By: John Crenshaw (JohnCBoy)

John Crenshaw (JohnCBoy) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:21:59 +0000

I think some artists are currently working with “ministers” today that are scarier than Dr. Gene Scott.

By: David Bruce Murray

David Bruce Murray — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:30:44 +0000

Hess worked on the program during his pre-Masters V years, before Scott completely went around the bend, mentally speaking. The Gene Scott that Hess worked for wasn’t the stuff of legends at the time, at least not to the same degree as in later years.

I believe there are some SG artists who would still work with a flamboyant character like Scott if they got the chance…maybe not with what he was at the end of his “ministry,” but at the level he was on when Hess worked for him, sure, they would.

By: Tom (but not the same Tom as above)

Tom (but not the same Tom as above) — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:23:12 +0000

I realize Dr. Scott died recently, but I wonder whether any current southern gospel artists would make an appearance with Dr. Scott if he were still around? Has this genre and industry shifted in such a way that no one would touch Dr. Scott with a 10 foot pole? I have a hard time thinking of any current artists who might do something like that.

And another thing: Were there other southern gospel artists who were around in the 1970s who would have taken a dim view of the Statesmen and Hess for condoning Dr. Scott’s style of Christianity?

By: John Crenshaw (JohnCBoy)

John Crenshaw (JohnCBoy) — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:00:30 +0000

Dr. Scott played that video of the Statesmen over and over and over again. He’d ask for money, and then play “I Wanna Know” once again. I only Dr. Scott’s program once, and that night he must have played that song ten times.

And yes, that is Jake Hess pictured on the link Tom posted singing with his son, Chris. Jake worked for Dr. Scott for several years. You can learn more about Jake’s time with Dr. Scott in Jake’s autobiography, “Nothin’ But Fine”.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:09:22 +0000

There's a still of them on this page. There's also a picture of what looks like Jake Hess and somebody else.