by James Hales | Mar 27, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
Coming off the tremendous success generated from their “Together” album, the Hemphills released another exciting album called, “Excited!” in 1985. It truly was an exciting time for the Hemphills as they were continuing to enjoy immense success via radio and in their...
by James Hales | Mar 20, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
One of my all-time favorite albums by the Hemphills is this 1984 release, “Together”. I first saw the Hemphills in concert at a big, multi-group event in Raleigh, North Carolina during the summer of 1984. I saw them again in late summer/early fall of 1985 at Bethel...
by James Hales | Mar 13, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
1983’s “Louisiana Live” was the first album that the Hemphills had released in 2 years. Rather than releasing a new album in 1982, Candy released her first solo album titled, “Candy” instead. I don’t remember where or when I bought “Louisiana Live”, but I do know that...
by James Hales | Mar 6, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
By 1981, the Hemphills were riding a massive wave of success spurred by several top 10 songs as well as two #1 songs (one of which remained at the #1 position for 8 months). They were definitely enjoying lots of “good things”, and 1981 saw the release of another...
by James Hales | Feb 28, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
Riding on the heels of their successful “Home Cookin’” album, the Hemphills released this groundbreaking album in 1980 called, “Workin’”. At this point, the Hemphills were one of the most popular mixed groups on the circuit, even having their own television show,...
by James Hales | Feb 21, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
After “In God’s Sunshine” was released in 1977, it would be 2 years before the Hemphills would release a new recording. The group was enjoying the successes of their last few albums, so it wouldn’t be until 1979 that the Hemphills would come out with their next...
