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15 November 2008

An Interview with Cody Boyer

Posted in: Interviews — Daniel J. Mount @ 10:38 am

Recently, I had the chance to interview Cody Boyer, baritone singer for the Weatherfords. Lily Weatherford, who has been with the group for decades, still sings alto for the group, and her son Steve sings the lead. More about Cody and the group can be found at www.theweatherfords.com or www.codyboyer.com.

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DJM: How did you get interested in Southern Gospel?
Cody: I came from a musical family. My dad was a musician for 40+ years. He performed with Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty, Jerry Lee Lewis and a bunch of folks.

DJM: What instrument did he play?
Cody: He was a lead guitarist. He was an opening act for some people with his own band, and played in the band for some of the others.

When I was ten years old, my pastor invited me to his house to watch the Cathedrals Reunion video. I had gotten saved in church when I was eight years old, two years before that.

The pastor had given me a cassette of the reunion. When we met Dad at the airport, I sang “Movin’ Up to Gloryland” for him. Before that, I was so shy I wouldn’t talk to my aunt or uncle, or some of my five older sisters. But literally the next day, I knew I wanted to be a singer. It was an overnight thing.

Then on to a couple of years later, my dad, uncle, and I started singing in Oklahoma, in churches and music festivals.

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Saturday News Roundup #30

Posted in: News Roundup, Open Thread — Daniel J. Mount @ 10:18 am

In the News

A couple of stories I didn’t get to earlier this week:

  • Ernie Haase & Signature Sound’s new project Dream On debuted at #3 on Billboard’s overall music video charts. (It’s at #6 this week.) It also reached #1 in Southern Gospel and #4 on the CCM charts.
  • Wes and Andrea Hampton welcome boy #3, Carden Anderson Hampton.

Also Worth Reading

  • Wes Burke’s latest “Hidden Gems” feature on “More Than Just a Swear Word.”
  • Sue C. Smith notes that non-artist songwriters all too often get ignored in CD reviews. Good point, but hopefully a complaint that can’t be made about this site’s reviews.

Upcoming Reviews

  • November 18: You Can Write a Song! workshop (Jeff Ferguson)
  • November 21: DVD – Hymn Sing 1 and 2 (Liberty Quartet)
  • Hovember 25: Classic CD – Live from the Alabama Theater (Karen Peck & New River)
  • November 28: DVD – Live (Mike LeFevre Quartet)
  • December 2: Southern Gospel’s 15 All-Time Favorites Vol. 2
  • December 5: A Classic Canaan Christmas (Various Artists)
  • December 9: Treasure (Janet Paschal)
  • December 12: December (Mercy’s Well)
  • December 16: Hymns from Chigger Hill (Chigger Hill Boys & Terri)
  • December 19: Destination Heaven (Melody Boys Quartet)
  • December 23: Hymns of the Faith (Hayes Family)
  • December 26: Ain’t Nobody (Soul’d Out Quartet)
  • December 30: The Gospel Sessions (Oak Ridge Boys)
  • January 2: Easier to Live (Voices Won)
  • January 9: Classic CD – A Tribute to the Songs of Bill & Gloria Gaither
  • January 16: Pensacola Live (Dixie Echoes) – review of CD only for now
  • January 23: Classic CD – With Feeling Live (McKameys)

As always, consider the comments section of the Saturday Roundup posts as an open thread. If you have something you want to discuss not related to the other posts this week (or next), post it here.

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