Positive Daily Commentary on Southern Gospel
A friend sent me a link to this video of the Perrys performing “Holy Shore” (their current hit) in a recent Tennessee concert. The audio isn’t the greatest, but the Spirit shows through and makes it today’s must-watch video of the day.
To view it in a larger size (or even in fullscreen), click here.
Dennie Oxley, a State Representative in Indiana, is running as the Democratic candidate for that state’s Lieutenant Governor position. But that is not the news pertinent here; several articles mention that he sang in a Southern Gospel quartet for several years. The Gubernatorial candidate, a former Clinton administration official, brought him on the ticket to provide ideological and geographic balance.
No website I can find stated which quartet(s) he was part of, but as they are not listed in his career history, I think it is safe to assume that it was probably with a regional group.
Note: I see David Bruce Murray also has the story, but he misidentifies Oxley as a Republican.
Blame it on whatever you like! Fact is, my reason is simple enough: I have no interest in any secular music. 
(jealous pout) (( But, I wish them the best non-the-less and I sure hope they continue to appear on some...All 410,886 words in all 1470 posts are © 2009 by Daniel J. Mount.
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