A correction and a thought
I need, in the interest of the facts, to correct an observation I made in my last post here.
While discussing Daniel Mount's blog entry on his second favortie Cathedral Quartet, I alluded to a comment a reader there taking Daniel to task concerning his evaluation of the Cathedrals, and instead referring to the Statesmen as gospel music's "qunitessential quartet" instead.
Seeing that this person's name was Dean, and knowing that our friend Dean Adkins is one of the most eloquent and knowledgable spokepeople with regard to the Statesmen and gospel quartets, I assumed it was Professor Adkins who made the comment.
That is not correct...it was another Dean who posted that comment.
I still agree with it though.
Also, I notice that thus far there have been no comments on my latest observation here. Did I do THAT good a job in stating my case?:-)
If you all think so, I'm glad. But I never want to get a "big head" nor a false sense of security about my writing or the accuracy of my observations.
So talk to me, folks! You know the address....
Posted on Aug 13, 2007 - 09:54 AM | [4]
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Like John, the group that drew me to SG was the Blackwood Brothers in their classic post-crash lineup of Shaw, James, Cecil, JD, and either Wally or Jackie on the ivories. THAT SAID, I still agree that their "Stateswood" teammates the Statesmen were/are the end all and be all of gospel quartets, with either Denver Crumpler or Rosie Rozell on tenor, Jake Hess or Jack Toney on lead,then Doy, Chief, and Brother Hovie. Hovie even manage to make latter-day lineups still sound like the Statesmen... a tribute to the arranging skills of bothHovie and Doy Ott. If you don't believe me, check out the "favorites" on my YouTube page at:
Thanks for your kind remarks -- eloquent and knowlegable though may be a stretch.
I've found that favorite groups seem to be correlated to those that drew the listener (or observer) to the genre. In my case it was the Statesmen.
Also, sometimes the enthusiasm of youth may lead to a slight case of tunnel vision. In my younger days, I wouldn't even consider that anyone could be so intellectually challenged that he/she would think there was a group better than the Statesmen. I didn't buy many records of other quartets (male) and I considered mixed groups and trios an abomination.
Over the years I've mellowed (somewhat) and although the Statesmen are still (IMHO) the "quintessential quartet", I respect the right of others to not agree and I pray for God to give them forgiveness.