James Hales

James Hales

James is a lifelong fan of Southern Gospel Music. Being exposed to the music through his dad's record collection as a 7 or 8 year old boy in the late 70's, James grew to love the music of the Happy Goodmans, Kingsmen, Inspirations, Rambos, Florida Boys and others. James has been a staff writer for Absolutely Gospel since 2000 writing music reviews and various articles, and he has contributed to Musicscribe and SGHistory.com for several years as well. James also writes for his own music page on Facebook as well, via James' Music Page (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063484056683).
The Rambos – “There Has To Be a Song” (1975)

The Rambos – “There Has To Be a Song” (1975)

1975 saw the Rambos releasing 2 very different albums. The first one, “There Has to Be a Song”, leaned more country, while the second one (which we’ll talk about next week), was quite progressive. Check out what James has to say about this one…

The Rambos – Rambo Reflections

The Rambos – Rambo Reflections

For their final release for 1971, the Rambos released a more rustic and reflective album. While it didn’t feature any chart topping hits, it was a fabulous piece of work, nonetheless.

The Rambos – Live! (1971)

The Rambos – Live! (1971)

The year 1971 saw the release of several exciting live albums. This week, James talks the Rambos’ live album that was actually recorded in 3 places…Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY and Cincinnati, OH.