An Interview with Gary Casto
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11 1st, 2008 |
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Recently, I had the chance to interview Gary Casto, lead singer and manager for Tribute Quartet. Click here for the formatted version.
DJM: Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? How did you get interested in Southern Gospel, and what groups have you sung with?
Casto: It started years ago. My family...
Saturday News Roundup #28
In the news:
Crossroads announces the signing of the Beene Family to a multi-year contract. (Hat tip: Wes Burke.) Crossroads has been signing artists right and left – Voices Won, Cross 4 Crowns, Skyline Boys, Beene Family, and one or two others just in the past couple of months. It seems like forever...
Video: Backstage at a Gaither Taping
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11 1st, 2008 |
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When artists get together backstage before a Gaither taping, what do they do?
Sing?
Here’s the Gaitherless Gaither Vocal Band with Joel Rutherford, the bass singer from Acoustix:
(Hat tip: Mark...
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