Comments on: Daywind on Daywind

By: Linda Higgins

Linda Higgins — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:52:35 +0000

We have a music director, a choir and an orchestra and a praise team but that are contemporary songs that are about seven words repeated about 11 times or more. When we have a gospel singing you should see the reaction of the people compared to the screen songs. You would think that our music director could see that its the people are happy and the spirit of the Lord is in that house. We went to see the Booth Brothers and the Hoopers and when we came out you heard people sayiing we’ve been to Church and I mean church!!!!!!!!

By: betty

betty — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:04:30 +0000

Forgive me, but aren’t all hymns we sing in our churches, “Gospel”? I do believe that our churchs are letting their talented people sit back and do nothing because it’s easier to just use a tape/track and a screen instead of having a song leader, piano/organ player. God asks us to use our talents, but if our talents are set on a back burner because of the screen, then don’t we need to be awakened? I am a huge Southern Gospel Fan, and If you look in our hymnals, aren’t alot of hymns written by southern Gospel writers? Our young people are searching for guidance, let’s show them the way by using their talents in church.

By: Linda Higgins

Linda Higgins — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:30:16 +0000

At the Southern Baptist Convention in Texas they have asked the Booth Brothers to sing to pastors and music leaders to try to get gospel music in the churchs. It seems that more and more people at church are wanting something other than the singing on the screen all the time. I know that music that people enjoys gets them ready for a good sermon. I am for gospel all the way but they say the young people are not ready for it and I’m not sure that is true in every church

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:17:49 +0000

@Chris: No, I don’t really view Still Feelin’ Fine as traditional. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy it. There are some nontraditional songs that I enjoy, just a lot fewer.

And I didn’t say I wouldn’t cover Crabb Revival. I will if there’s something that catches my attention as pertinent to the SG genre—i.e., winning Mixed Group of the Year, breaking the Blackwood Brothers’ record for most months at #1, hiring someone to sing bass, whatever.

@Amy: You’re right. I hadn’t even been thinking about that aspect, but the Crabbs have been nominated for and won so many CCM awards that seeing a Crabb entry on the list didn’t even register on my radar screen as possibly newsworthy. But seeing Greater Vision there did.

By: Amy Rogers

Amy Rogers — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:15:51 +0000

I believe Daniel noted in the comments to the other post that GV sent out a press release about the news item in question, and that Crabb Revival did not (or else he didn’t receive it; I wasn’t sure).

Besides, maybe I’m off, but it seems more newsworthy to me – as in more surprising – that GV would have made that list than that the Crabbs would have. I think the Crabbs have received a lot more mainstream awards than GV has. Unless, as I wondered somewhere, the list-makers were making an effort to include a traditional SG project.

Oh, and back when my dad controlled what I listened to, he didn’t want us playing “Still Feelin’ Fine.” It’s as traditional as a lot of current SG, but I think he found the country influence excessive or something. Just a side note.

By: Chris Unthank

Chris Unthank — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:43:26 +0000

So you’ll cover BFA – but now Crabb Revival? I’m not following your logic here.

Maybe I’m reading your last sentence wrong – but do you not consider “Still Feelin’ Fine” traditional?

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:01:13 +0000

No, I’ll keep covering them.

I don’t think you’ll find me saying anywhere that it’s a bad thing to get a song on AC radio. Besides, BFA can out-sing Avalon any day as far as I’m concerned, and the Booth Brothers’ tight harmony far surpasses PCD’s gritty harmonies.

Sure, traditional groups like the Perrys, Mark Trammell Trio, and Kingdom Heirs might be my top favorites, but that doesn’t keep me from appreciating “Save me a Seat,” “For God So Loved,” “Castles in the Sand,” or even “Still Feelin’ Fine.”

By: Chris Unthank

Chris Unthank — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:57:12 +0000

So Daniel – since BFA have shifted from purely traditional to a more progressive style and are releasing singles to AC radio – are you no longer going to include them in your artist updates now?

By: Casey

Casey — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:22:15 +0000

I like both CCM and sogo, but I agree with Chris in saying that there’s not a problem in still supporting an artist if a few songs are directing toward more than one audience. And he’s right in saying that CCM and country artists introduce singles to sogo, too. Bart Millard did just come out with a hymns cd that has a LOT of bluegrass sound in it.
Speaking about bluegrass, Austins Bridge seems to be too bluegrass-y (I just made up a new word!) to be CCM, in my opinion.

By: Matt Baker

Matt Baker — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:26:47 +0000

If you look at the change in style of music from the Crabb Family’s last 4 or 5 albums, you will see the direction they are headed is towards CCM. They don’t sound like this on accident. I still kinda like it, in the Crabb’s defense. Although I am 1000% Southern Gospel, I am inclined to give each of the new Crabb’s a chance given their success. It all comes down to prefernce. If people buy it, more power to them. if people don’t buy it, chances are they will make a slow graudual crawl back towards SG. But nevertheless, they are successful. That alone deserves our respect.