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Ya know what I mean.

Warm harmonies, heartfelt lead vocals,
steel, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, piano, bass and drums.
That crossover from bluegrass gospel to electric country gospel.
Small country church picnic, not Tabernacle choir.

I am looking for 2-3 'must have' cd's in this style for Chacha.
If it has a forumite on it, and is in the forum catalog, even better.
Otherwise tell me a paypal site I can get it from.

The last 3 mornings she has put on the
Austin Lounge Lizzards's Paint Me On Velvet,
which fits the style, if not really being on the mark for content.

I am sure there will be quite a few suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Happy New Year too.

I am sorta suprised not to have any suggestions here!

Donna suggested by em,
the Gatlin Brothers album from CMT store.
Sounds about right,
but they won't ship it to me here...Thank you very much.

David,
I am no expert in Gospel music but would respectfully suggest Justin Tevino's recent Gospel album "Before You say Amen". You can buy if from www.justintrevino.com

As well as Justins heartfelt vocals which never disappoint,the CD features the current Texas A-team " of musicians including Bobby Flores on fiddle & my personal favourite,Dickey Overbey doing his usual magic on steel. This CD will not disappoint if you are looking for traditional country gospel.

I would highly recommend anything from the "Original Hinsons" and the "Happy Goodman Family". Both groups had great harmonies and good music. What separated them was the Hinsons did much more writing and had more hit songs. Rusty Goodman gave the Goodmans a big shot in the arm when he started singing with the family. I would recommend a Christian Country artist in Mike Manuel. Look for the "Manuel Family Band" projects and some just with Mike's name on the projects. I played steel with the Manuel Family Band but I just loved the Hinson's style of country.

Justin has a gospel album... SOLD!!!

The Happy Goodman Family I had heard of,
but not the Hinsons.

These 3 and the Gatlins sounds like a nice compilation.

Plus one forumite kindly offered his album,
of which I will be most grateful too.

When I played bluegrass in NYC,
we always did at least 1 gospel number
to end the evening. Leaving people in a nice state,
to go into the NYC night.

David
Gene Watson has a new gospel CD out.
Its about a year old, Buddy Emmons is
all over it. Its about my favorite CD that
I'm "stealin" licks from right now.
I bought mine from amazon.com

Rick

www.rickjohnsoncabs.com

Donald.......you mentioned some Bluegrass crossover and for that style , absolutely no on can touch the Isaacs. Look for a C D called Heroes and another called Radio Favorites. Since they are Jewish, they call their music Jewgrass. Awesome vocals and instrumentation.

Hi guys, thanks very much.
I will search Amazon shortly.

Amazon works well for me here.

My band 'flow' is noted for harmony singing,
who knows maybe we will add something from these.

I can second the Gene Watson cd. One of my favorites on it is called "Looking for a City", a very beautiful steel part on it. But the whole album is great.

Thanks to all so far for the suggestions.
I went to Amazon, and have coming:

The Gospel Side of Gene Watson

The Hinsons Greatest Hits

The Gatlins Sing Their Family Gospel Favorites

The Issacs Heroes [Enhanced]

And coming later, their
Southern Gospel: The Isaacs [Karaoke]
perfect for Chacha to sing along with,
as long as I am in the studio... 50 feet away...


And an advance copy of a certain forumite's upcoming release,
which I am quite looking forward to hear.

Well some nice cd's arrived.

The Issacs were known to Chacha, she likes this
more modern cd a lot already.
They sang in Singapore at some of her missionary cousins
church there. Great reviews from them too.
One of the wives was VERY pregnant at the time,
and amazed them that she could sing like that all night long.

The Happy Goodman family greatest hits is classic old school style,
and wonderfully done. No clue who played some very nice steel on this collection.

The Gatlins... WOW!, What great singing on this album.
And Big E on board too with The Blade.
Classic songs done in original arrangments and great recording

Haven't heard Gene Watson yet.
I guess it goes on during lunch now.

Mr. Emmons is on 2 of the cd's, so no doubt fine steel work.
Thanks y'all

Hey David, I'm sure you'd also enjoy the Spencer's.
Check out their websites. spencermusic.com, or kevinspencerandfriends.com, and wadespencer.com.

Just went over to the house and
she was singing along with the Issacs.
So that one is a hit.

I'll check out the Spencers too.
Thanks
D

David, A trio from the '70's i would like to reccommend are the Singin Rambos . I have several of their albums from that time frame and they have some of the closest harmony for country Gospel that i've ever heard.I believe Robby Turner did some of the steel on the albums i have. Very good music .

Been listening to Gene Watson the last 2 mornings.
Beautiful album too.

Big E is so smooth on this.
In one song he really made me think Dicky Overby!
Who came first the chicken or the egg.
Who cares.
It's a compliment to them both.

Really wonderful playing. Buddy's touch is
all over this album, and rightly so.

The Issacs Heros is getting the most play,
Mr. Ickes plays some lovely dobro too.
But great songs and singing.

David,
I recently was lucky enough to get to play on a CD that might be right up your alley. The artist is Aaron Watson, and the new CD is called "Barbed Wire Halo." The album features a few well known Texas pickers you might recognize. You can get three of the songs for free on my website: http://davidkurrasch.com/
The CD can be ordered from Aaronwatson.com.
There is one additional song from the CD on Aaron's myspace page. In addition to these, the album also has some more acoustic style tracks which feature Lloyd Maines on Dobro.

Skip.....if Buck was there, so was Weldon. At least that's what he told me. Obviously we can't ask him.

How about Ricky Scaggs with our own Bruce Bouton?

I always thought that Roy Acuff had the best voice for the Southern Baptist gospel music ! From the Grand Ole Opry of the early & mid 40s and into the 50s. His voice and style from the heart were made for Country Gospel. He still has a lot of good music available .