by James Hales | May 4, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
We have finally come to the album that is my all-time favorite album. From the very first time I heard it, I fell in love with this record. I literally have it so engrained on my brain that I can just about quote all the monologue of the entire album from beginning to...
by James Hales | Apr 27, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
The time between when “Covered in Warmth” was released and the release of this album, the group once again, experienced a good bit of change. By late 1975, Eddie Crook had left the group to focus on studio work, enter Johnny Minick and his long association with the...
by James Hales | Apr 20, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
She’s back!!!Much to the delight of fans everywhere, Vestal returns to the group with their 1975 release, “Covered in Warmth”. Though she only sings one song on the album, it’s like a breath of fresh air and the group sounds refreshed as well! While some Goodman fans...
by James Hales | Apr 13, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. 1974 was a very exciting, yet uncertain time for the Goodmans. The Happy Goodman Family left the Gospel Singing Jubilee television show by early 1973. By 1974, they had begun work on their own TV show, “The Happy...
by James Hales | Apr 6, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
After 4 very exciting albums in a row, the Goodmans decided that maybe it was time to pull on the reins and slow things down just a bit (whether intentional or not), as this latest album was a very laid-back and relaxed recording. Marvin Norcross is at the helm as...
by James Hales | Mar 30, 2022 | LP Review, Reviews
By 1972 (the year I was born, by the way), the Goodmans were riding a huge wave of success and popularity created by the massive success of their previous 3 albums, “This Happy House”, “Good Times with the Happy Goodmans” and “Wanted Live”. With each successive...