by David Bruce Murray | Sep 6, 2024 | News
NEWS NUGGETS Tribute Quartet announced a unique tour for 2025 that will exclusively feature material from their Quartet Tribute series of albums. Daywind Records sent an hour-long special to radio stations this week highlighting the album Loving You by The Nelons....
by James Hales | Sep 4, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
I am exceptionally excited about this weeks’ article, as “Chattanooga Live” is the album that introduced me to the music of the Kingsmen. It was around 1979/1980 (I was around 7 or 8 years old at the time), and a neighborhood friend of mine, who was aware of my...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 30, 2024 | News
NEWS NUGGETS Mike LeFevre announced he is retiring as Fire Chief of White County, Georgia. LeFevre’s future plans include returning the LeFevre Quartet to a full-time touring schedule. Joseph Habedank announced he will be joined on stage by his wife Lindsay...
by James Hales | Aug 28, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
The year 1977 would usher in a whole new era for the Kingsmen. Jim Hamill had returned by December 1976 after a 6-month hiatus, and in January of 1977, Johnny Parrack decided to come off the road. Johnny would later join the Heismen Quartet and would eventually...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 23, 2024 | News
NEWS NUGGETS Tony Brown was presented the ACM Icon Award by the Academy Of Country Music on Wednesday. Brown’s launched his career playing piano for several gospel groups in the 1960s and 1970s (JD Sumner & The Stamps, Oak Ridge Boys, Dixie Melody Boys)...
by James Hales | Aug 21, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
When looking at the Kingsmen’s discography as a complete body of work, their 1976 album, “Just in Time” is a rather unique piece of music history. In May 1976, Jim Hamill left the Kingsmen, moved to Memphis, Tennessee and joined the Senators, where they recorded one...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 16, 2024 | News
NEWS NUGGETS The Kingdom Heirs were able to complete their video shoot this past Wednesday celebrating 40 years since beginning to sing full-time at Dollywood. (The video session had originally been scheduled to take place a few weeks ago.) All four shows on Wednesday...
by James Hales | Aug 14, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
Much like 1975, the year 1976 saw the Kingsmen release 2 more label albums for Canaan, the first being the hugely popular, “It Made News in Heaven”, which was actually their biggest selling studio album! Once again, the album was produced by Marvin Norcross with Nick...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 9, 2024 | News
PRAYER REQUEST The Mark Trammell Quartet has canceled a scheduled appearance this weekend due to the sudden illness of Mark’s wife LaResa (clot in brain stem). Lauren Talley will sing at 11:00 AM at Brodhead Baptist Church in Brodhead, Kentucky on Sunday, August...
by James Hales | Aug 7, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
As 1975 marched on, the Kingsmen were pure gold and with this latest release (their 2nd label album for 1975), the record company had declared the Kingsmen were “24 Carat Gospel”. What the Kingsmen may have lacked with chart topping hits on their previous couple of...
by David Bruce Murray | Aug 2, 2024 | News
NEWS THIS WEEK The Gospel Music Association created a Spotify playlist to showcase 76 songs nominated for Dove Awards this year. Click HERE to access the playlist. Steven Curtis Chapman was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry earlier this week by Opry...
by James Hales | Jul 31, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
“Jubilation” is the first of 2 albums that the Kingsmen released in 1975, and some personnel changes were made since their last album. After graduation from high school, Gary Dillard joined full-time to play steel guitar, and he would eventually go on to play the...
