Comments on: Album Remakes 1: Booth Brothers revisit Cathedrals

By: Quaid

Quaid — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:53:44 +0000

It seems that they relied on that theme during that timeframe of the group’s history. For example (though not an exact lyrical parallel to “With Him”), “Plenty Of Time” comes to mind.

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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:36:52 +0000

[...] couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about what it would sound like if the Booth Brothers covered an entire Cathedrals album, Easy on [...]

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:44:44 +0000

That’s the same “With Him” as we find on this project. I don’t believe the project has been reissued on CD, but the LP pops up fairly frequently on ebay.com and gemm.com.

By: Nathan McClay

Nathan McClay — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:50:03 +0000

I heard the Cathedrals three times as a teenager in the late 70s. Each time they opened with “Gentle Shepherd.” Believe me, it was easy on the ears and heavy and heavy on the heart. BTW, at one of the concerts (Milford Park, Old Zionsville, PA, near Allentown) they did “With Him.” I’m sure the song was about a man, whose wife had gotten saved and ends with her (and the kids, I guess) being raptured away. It seems to me that the lyrics ended with the man saying, “I could have gone with Him” and this line was repeated as it faded away in a sort of eerie, but very effective manner. These Cathedral Quartet discussions bring back great memories. I would love to get a recording of this project.

By: Quaid

Quaid — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:24:51 +0000

Just wondering, did the Cathedrals of “Dearest Friend” cut clock in near 1:50 ?
Allison Durham Speer had a legnthier version as a radio single about a month ago.
The Kingsmen (studio) and The Dixie Melody Boys (live) also recorded it back in the 1970’s. Both versions were good.
Some regional group have recently started covering it.

By: Brandon Coomer

Brandon Coomer — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:04:09 +0000

Kyle, Wes threw out the idea of re-cutting “Pillars Of Faith” on his blog last month. I agree that I don’t see any reason for doing that other than it would be interesting to hear.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:17:08 +0000

There has been some talk floating around about the idea of the current Gold City lineup recutting the “Pillars Of Faith” project, but I don’t see any reason for that happening.

I’ve tinkered with the idea of recording a “tribute” to a certain album, just recutting the entire project, but I never got past the idea stage….