Three chords and a cloud of dust
This phrase, adapted from a famous description of the Ohio State football team's offensive philosophy under legendary head coach Woody Hayes, is used to describe the somewhat unpolished but extremely energetic stylings of the Kingsmen Quartet of the 1980s and the Happy Goodmans of the 1960s and 1970s among gospel music audiences.
There has been quite a bit of discussion of the historical impact these two groups made on some gospel music blogs of late.
And in the coming days, I intend to weigh in myself on what brought those groups to the forefront that they enjoyed in those years with gospel music fans.
But for now...and for a discussion opener, I'll just say the following.
Both those artists produced concerts with a great deal of energy, and both connected very well with audiences from the stage when they were "on their game"....despite the fact that neither group was what you would call "smooth" or "precise" in their musical execution...and both sold a lot of recordings in the time frames I mentioned.
Oh, and they both sang gospel music.
But I'm afraid the similarities between the two end right there...more on that to come.
Posted on Oct 25, 2007 - 01:13 AM | [0]
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