On this weekend of October 5th, the Jubilee leads off with an historic recording that was transferred from LP to CD especially for enLighten … The Florida Boys In Concert…LIVE. This performance dates to 1977 and took place in Huntsville, Alabama.
Then, it’s a Booth Brothers concert titled LIVE! In Lakeland …dating back 10+ years to February 21, 2003 and took place at the Victory Church in Lakeland, Florida. And, it’s the same three guys as today’s Booth Brothers, Ronnie, Michael and Jim.
On the edition for the weekend of April 14th, Paul’s Featured Artists are the Nelons, who’ll introduce you to some of the songs from their new CD entitled Come On Home. Jason, Kelly and Amber will tell you about some of the special songs on this recording. Kelly will tell you how she felt about re-recording the first song she ever recorded with the Rex Nelon Singers when she was 16. You’ll find out who helped produce the CD — and what good advice he had for the Nelons.
And, in his Artist Spotlight … the guests are today’s Florida Boys — Charlie Waller, Paul Hyde, Eddie Broome and Chip Cooper. This is the revival of the legendary group that was in the forefront of Southern Gospel quartet singing for more than five decades. Each of the members will tell you a bit about themselves and their music, with songs from their Discriminately Different CD.
Finally,stopping by with comments are Charlotte Ritchie, Jim Brady and Ronnie Booth (Booth Brothers) and Susan Whisnant (Whisnants).
The Gospel Greats web address is www.thegospelgreats.com.
The Florida Boys at NQC 2007
For this first week in October, Daniel encores a conversation that took place on the eve of the final performance by an historic Southern Gospel quartet … at the 2007 National Quartet Convention: It’s the end of a long road for the original Florida Boys, when Les Beasley, Glenn Alred, and Derrell Stewart sat down with Daniel to close out their long career as one of the most recognizable names in Gospel Music history.
Hear war stories of traveling countless miles through thick and thin — plus the music that has left its mark forever on quartet singing. It’s a classic hour as another chapter closes … with The Florida Boys!
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