Fan mail

I enjoy getting all the comments I get...here or elsewhere...to what I post in this blog. It is always instructive and heartening to read what you have to say about what I have to say.

Perhaps the most unusual response came this week in my mail at work!

You saw that right...I said in my mail at work! How anyone would find my snail mail address at my job from this blog is not exactly clear(though I can imagine how), but I was delighted to get a handwritten letter in response to a recent post here!

Bill Flack of Bethalto, IL wrote me to tell me that he enjoyed reading my recollections about Roger Bennett that I posted a few weeks ago...and he went on to share his own memories of Bennett from the time the Cathedral Quartet visited him at his home.some time back. Seems that Bill was a longtime friend of both George Younce and Glen Payne, and being the kind of men Younce and Payne were, they stopped by Mr. Flack's home on one of their journeys across our land...when they arrived, they brought Bennett inside with them to visit Mr. Flack.

Mr. Flack has lots of gospel records...it was only natural(and I can testify to the veracity of this)that Bennett would pay particular attention to them...as well as the various pianos Mr. Flack owned.

Mr. Flack's memories of Roger were much like mine...of a warm, friendly, engaging young man who loved meeting people and learning about them. You don't really forget people like that that you chance to meet, and Mr. Flack remembers Bennett fondly as well.

I'm not sure how much of the specifics I can reveal of Mr. Flack's letter, so I'll stop there...only to say that it was very heartening to discover another person whose experiences with Bennett so closely mirrored mine, and how touched I was(and am)that Mr. Flack would take the time to write a letter by HAND to me that he enjoyed something I typed here in this corner of the internet.

Needless to say, the rest of you can send me handwritten letters too, if you'd like...though I still enjoy recieving responses right here on this blog!

I am touched that a man halfway across the country from me would take the time to express his thoughts to me...and as well by his offer to make a video copy of an old Don Smith TV appearance back in 1990 that he also owns(I might have him make one for Earline Starnes, though!).

Mr. Flack, thank you for helping to make my week that much more pleasant...write me(or post a comment)anytime you'd like! I'm glad my humble recollections of my meager memories moved you to respond with such a charming letter.

Isn't that the way our favorite gospel music personalities are? When they take the time to reach out to us fans, if only for a few moments...it makes our days...and it makes our lives!

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