Only in Southern Gospel…
Only in Southern Gospel could you go up to a 40-something performer after a concert and hear a little old lady say this—and mean it as a compliment:
“This is the best concert I’ve heard since I heard your group back in ‘52. And you weren’t even born yet!”
(The group was the Blackwood Brothers, and the singer was Randy Byrd.)
Comment by Donna (November 19, 2008, 7:09 am)
Comment by Paul (November 19, 2008, 8:43 am)
There you go…at a boy Blackwood Bros.
Comment by Amy Rogers (November 19, 2008, 11:17 am)
That’s delightful.
Comment by Martha (November 19, 2008, 3:26 pm)
Comment by Brandon Barry (November 19, 2008, 11:05 pm)
cool! Give it to em boys! lol
Comment by Josh (November 20, 2008, 1:35 am)
Randy Bird wasn’t alive before 1952? He looks old enough to be my grandfather, and my mom was born in 1951.
Comment by Daniel J. Mount (November 20, 2008, 7:10 am)
Interestingly, though he could pass for being Jimmy Blackwood’s age, he’s actually early or mid-40s. He’s about Wayne Little’s age, and might even be younger.
Comment by Josh (November 20, 2008, 11:41 am)
Doesn’t he have grandkids? Then again, I’m 31 with a 13-year-old, so I could be a grandfather by my early 40’s as well.