Comments on: Group Schedules and Big Dates

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www.southerngospelblog.com » Around the blogosphere… — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:12:16 +0000

[...] David Bruce Murray answers a question I asked earlier by analyzing data provided by Dean Adkins to determine what percentage of big dates the 1976 Kingsmen worked compared to the 2006 Kingsmen. [...]

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:44:21 +0000

I must have been only half awake when I wrote that post!

Since your comments would make no sense with an edited post, I think I might leave the mistake.

By: Inquirer

Inquirer — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:20:39 +0000

Also, the Blackwoods were back on the Godfrey Telent Scouts show by 1956, and won it again…and Crumpler passed away in 1957, so you might want to modify those years slightly.:-)

By: Inquirer

Inquirer — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:17:30 +0000

But Daniel, the Blackwood plane crash was in 1954, not 1952.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:25:44 +0000

John, sometimes I just want to make people curious,

No, more seriously, I did have a reason for each year. I generally picked years one year before a major performer departed or died and the group had to rebuild. I know that is somewhat arbitrary, but let’s face it–the Blackwood Brothers took a while to rebuild after the 1952 plane crash, the Statesmen took a while to rebuild after Denver Crumpler died, et cetera.

By: Inquirer

Inquirer — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:13:51 +0000

I’m curious, Daniel…what made you pick the years you did for the Blackwood Brothers and Statesmen? Was their something momentous in 1951, 1956, or 1963 that would have made those years stand out in particular?