[Faith-talk] southern gospel, lining in today's churches

[Joshua Lester]

Not anymore.
Now, we have mixed groups, such as families, that sing the same style.
Quartet music, with an all male group still exists, as well.
Here are some good groups.
www.triumphantquartet.com
www.kingsmenquartet.com
www.perrysministries.com
www.thelesters.com
www.blackwoodbrothers.com
www.dovebrothersmusic.com
www.singingcookes.com
www.singingechoes.com
Blessings, Joshua

On 11/28/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Joshua,
> You say quartets with piano accompaniment are common in southern gospel.
> Are southern gospel bands/groups usually comprised of men?
> The  high tenor and low base are male singers.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 9:55 PM
> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] lining in today's churches
>
> Southern Gospel music uses a piano, and other instruments.
> Go to Youtube, and type in Bill Gaither Homecoming Friends.
> You can hear the old Southern Gospel songs.
> Also, listen to the Blackwood Brothers Quartet.
> Quartets were and still are a huge part of Southern Gospel.
> The high tenor, and the low bass, is and always will be a mainstay in
> Southern Gospel music.
> As for Dr Watts, his name was Isaac Watts.
> He was an Englishman, who wrote hymns for the colonists, in the 1700's.
> He wrote hymns for the American church, and for the English church.
> Some of his hymns were forgotten, but the slaves heard those forgotten
> hymns, as they were taught to them, by their masters.
> That's how they got into the black churches.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 11/26/11, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I figured I should start a different subject to continue the “lining”
>> topic.
>> Subject lines are important!
>> This is quite informative to  know that lining is still done, where a lead
>> singer sings a line and the crowd sings it back.
>>
>> Joshua said
>> Lining is done in Black churches, in the "Dr Watts," Songs.
>>
>> So, Joshua, is Dr. Watts a singer in the black church?
>>
>> Ryan said,
>> ”Lining is still done in southern gospel music although to a limited
>> extent, mostly as tribute to early congregational singing. The Moore
>> Family out of Paintsville, Kentucky recently put out an album
>> featuring a lined version of Amazing Grace.”
>>
>> What type of music is the Moore family doing? Probably southern gospel
>> since
>> that is what  you were talking about.
>> I assume lining was started in the 1600s when colonists came over here.
>> Since back then most were illerate and churches could not provide every
>> person with a hymnal, this was a way for everyone to participate.
>> Is southern gospel characterized by any particular rhythm or instruments?
>> Perhaps, it is just music indicative to that region.
>>
>>
>> As I mentioned before, I grew up in the Methodist church which follows, or
>> is supposed to follow, the teachings of John Wesley who founded the
>> denomination. We sang out of a hymnal with the oregon or sang with an
>> acoustic guitar. When we sang with the guitar, it was a more upbeat song
>> such as Lord I  Lift your name on High or Stand Up for Jesus. We used a
>> different songbook called the Faith We sing book, I think was its name, in
>> addition to the Methodist hymnal.
>>
>> So, the only knowledge I have of lining is what I read in history books,
>> saw
>> in movies, or heard in other classes.
>> Nor have I heard many southern gospel songs. My father grew up in the
>> south,
>> but he does not go around singing sorthern gospel or hymns.
>> That is good to know that a practice like lining is still practice and
>> preserved, all beit in a limited way.
>>
>> Ashley
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