Greater Vision and the Case of the Chameleon Ties

A sharp reader (hat tip, BG) notices that Greater Vision seems to have one photograph they really like with Jacob Kitson. Yes, one. In the August Singing News, Greater Vision’s full-page ad (page 17) says “Greater Vision Welcomes Jacob Kitson.” Rodney Griffin, Gerald Wolfe, and Jacob Kitson...

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...

Northern Gospel

Question: What does Northern Gospel sound like? Answer: The Cathedrals (Ohio) Gaither Vocal Band (Indiana) Signature Sound (Ohio) Collingsworth Family (Ohio) (sort of—Greater Cincinnati is more South than not) Joseph Habedank and Matthew Holt of the Perrys (Ohio) Jacob Kitson of Greater Vision (Michigan...

NQC 2008: Anatomy of a Practical Joke

Thursday afternoon, I was walking through the vendors’ hall shortly before it opened to the public. I saw a familiar face at the Legacy Five booth: Then I saw another familiar face walking in the booth’s direction, and I knew something was up. I whipped out my camera and caught the culprit in...

The Mystery of the Missing Song, Part 2: “Left Behind” reappears

On Friday, I posted about how the Steeles’ hit song “Left Behind” did not appear at its place on the chart in the Singing News online radio charts for May-October 2001. In its place was a blank (raptured?) line. A little bird notifies me that the song has been restored to its proper place...

The Mystery of the Missing Song

Observant Singing News forum poster LRBB observed a strange anomaly on the Singing News charts for 2001. From May through October, a song charted in the top 40, peaking at #7 in July and August. It was at #23 on the all-year chart. However, on the Singing News hits archives for 2001, all of the instances...

Just Wondering

Why is it that tenors get to sing “Glory Road,” but basses have to sing “Lonesome...

A Southern Gospel Parable

Author unknown (I adapted this) A well-worn one dollar bill and a similarly distressed twenty dollar bill arrived at a Federal Reserve Bank to be retired. As they moved along a conveyor belt to be burned they struck up a conversation. The twenty dollar bill reminisced about its travel all over the...

Random thoughts: Signature Sound and Workout Videos

Daniel Britt recently posted an interview he did with Ernie Haase. In the interview, Haase mentions that he’s been interested in the idea of a Southern Gospel workout video that fans can exercise along with. That’s a great idea, but I have this feeling that if anyone tried following the moves on...

Aliens read Averyfineline

Now some of you will probably say you suspected this all along, but at last we have confirmation, from the words of Mr. Averyfineline himself: a non-sg friend of mine who lurks on the blog as an alien outsider commented just the other day on how many intelligent and insightful commenters this site is...