by James Hales | Mar 11, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
With this latest recording, two words come to mind…Jack’s back! After a 13-year absence from the Inspirations, Jack Laws had returned to the group, and he was a welcome familiar face to Inspirations fans everywhere! Originally, Jack returned to the group to fill in on...
by James Hales | Mar 4, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
As we come to 1998, after about 5 years or so of stability with the vocal line-up of the Inspirations, change was happening. As I mentioned in my last article, due to some health concerns Ronnie Hutchins had going on, he ended up going on leave in November 1997....
by James Hales | Feb 25, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
While I was in the early planning stages of putting this series on the Inspirations together, I had considered reviewing “Old Time Religion” along with “Thank You Lord” in one article, because not only do they have very similar covers (which were both designed by...
by James Hales | Feb 18, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
As we enter the second half of the 90’s, the Inspirations began to experience some renewed success that began with their 1996 recording, “Thank You Lord”, mostly spurred by the hit title song. During the 1970’s, the Inspirations enjoyed enormous success with close to...
by James Hales | Feb 11, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
Due to the demand from the fans for more music by the Inspirations each year, the Inspirations released 2 recordings in 1993, but ironically, they did not release any new music in 1994, which coincidentally, would have been their 30th anniversary year! By 1994, after...
by James Hales | Feb 4, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
During the 1960’s and 1970’s, it wasn’t uncommon for the Inspirations (or any other group, for that matter) to release multiple albums within a year’s time. During the 80’s and 90’s, most groups generally released only one recording per year, with a few exceptions....
