by David Bruce Murray | May 8, 2023 | Commentary & Observations, History
The Southern Gospel Music Association is currently accepting nominees for the Hall Of Fame. Each member of the SGMA is asked to submit two living and two deceased individuals for consideration. I am pleased to be nominating: 1. comedian/songwriter and former Gaither...
by David Bruce Murray | Apr 11, 2022 | Awards Shows, History
The Southern Gospel Music Association is currently accepting nominees for the Hall Of Fame. Each member of the SGMA is asked to submit two living and two deceased individuals for consideration. Three of my 2022 nominees are the same as my 2021 nominees. (My other...
by Kyle Boreing | Nov 22, 2021 | Commentary & Observations, History
Jimmy Swaggart called him “a cancer in the body of Christ.” Jerry Falwell concurred, calling him, “the greatest scab and cancer on the face of Christianity in 2,000 years of church history.” And yet, for nearly a decade, Jim Bakker and his then-wife, Tammy Faye, were...
by David Bruce Murray | Jun 21, 2021 | History
The suggestion to write a song emphasizing the word “touch” was made to William J. Gaither by evangelist Dr. Dale Oldham. “He Touched Me” was Gaither’s fifty-fourth song in a catalog that would eventually surpass 700. Gaither wrote the...
by David Bruce Murray | May 29, 2021 | History
The original Speer Quartet was formed on February 27, 1921 by George Thomas Speer, his wife Lena Brock Speer, his youngest sister Pearl Speer Claborn and his brother-in-law Logan Claborn. George Thomas was a gospel songwriter, teacher, and farmer. As time went by, he...
by Kyle Boreing | Apr 22, 2021 | History, LP Review, Reviews
Produced by Ron Drake, Mike Payne, Keith Payne, and Mark PayneWindchime Records (Initial Release); Eagle One Records (Reissue)Format (currently out of print): Vinyl, Cassette, CD (multipack)Release Date: 1985 SONG TITLES: The Race (Ronald Michael Payne) / If...
