Loaves & Fishes
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Harps of Melody - Two Fishes And Five Loaves Of Bread
If you've been following the ongoing sage of Sir Lattimore Brown at Soul Detective, you are familiar with the Loaves & Fishes "Soup Kitchen" and Food Pantry in East Biloxi, Mississippi. This is the wonderful place where the people let Lattimore use the phone when he runs out of those cell phone minutes, as he does most every month. Miss Rita, Miss Kanthie and everyone else down there mean a lot to Sir Lattimore Brown and the rest of the community.
Since 1983, Loaves & Fishes has been providing food for the hungry, with no questions asked. Completely devestated by Hurrican Katrina in August of 2005, they rose from the rubble to become an integral part of the relief effort. In additions to feeding those in need, they were also able to provied other essential services for the hundreds of people left homeless by the storm... Now almost four years later, all of the disaster related funding has run its course and they are in serious financial trouble. They will be forced to close their doors by the end of August unless they can find some additional funding. "We're praying for a miracle", Miss Rita said.
My good friend Red Kelly, the man behind Soul Detective, Holy Ghost and the man behind the O.V. Wright Memorial Fund has set up a fund in order to raise enough money to keep "The Loaves & Fishes" open.
All I ask you to do is to think about all the FREE music you've got through this blog and how much you would have to pay in order to get all this music on precious vinyl in your own collection. Perhaps you can donate some of the dollars you saved while downloading music at Just Moving On. Think about it while listening to "Two Little Fish And Five Loaves Of Bread" by the Harps of Melody.
Golden Aires of Cincinnati - Stop By Here
Golden Aires of Cincinnati - Stop By Here
There are several groups using the name Golden Aires or Goldenaires in the world of gospel music. Fortunately most of them can be distinguished from each other by the added geographical location were the come from. The Golden Aires of Cincinnati, Ohio are no exception to this. This group of Golden Aires recorded the "Thank You Lord" album for HSE in 1980. According to the liner notes on the album it's their third album making their album on Su-Ann and the one on Champ earlier recordings.They were still active in the 21st century. In 2002 they released "You Told Me To Sing". In the linernotes of this CD it says that the group was organized in 1961 and that they signed with HSE in 1970. So far we haven't been able to track down recordings by them earlier than the second half of the seventies. The Golden Aires who recorded on Designer is a different group.
At the time of recording their album on HSE the group line-up was as follows: Rev. Leon Hamner (lead vocals), Jesse Willingham (lead vocals), George Russell (vocals), Willie D. Pollins (vocals), Charles Collier (lead guitar), Michael Keenan (drums), Charles D. Williams, II (bass), Michael A. Mauldin (percussion).
Quartet Treasures # 4: Feathered Friends
Quartet Treasures episode # 4: Feathered Friends
Later on today (Wednesday July 1) a new episode of Quartet Treasures will go on 'air' at The Quartet Spot.The episode will be repeated every Sunday and Wednesday for the coming2 weeks. The theme of this episode is 'Feathered Friends'. This meansthat you can listen to an hour of gospel songs all made by quartetswho's name is bird related. So expect songs from The JubileeHummingbirds, The Swan Silvertones, Four Larks, SensationalNightingales, Gospel Songbirds, Mississippi Nightingales and the like.You can check the broadcast schedule to see at what time it's playing in your time zone, but that's not really necessary. You can 24/7/365 tune in at The Quartet Spot for a great mix of gospel quartets from the 1950s till today.
Redemption Harmonizers - Why Do Men Treat The Lord
Redemption Harmonizers - Why Do Men Treat The Lord
About a week ago I uploaded the Ha-Lo discography to the website. On this Chicago label about 25 45s were issued between 1963 and 1968. The label is best known for the Salem travelers, but they weren't the only ones who made intense gospel recordings for Ha-Lo. The Redemption Harmonizers made only one 45 and what a beauty it is. "Why Do Men Treat The Lord The Way They Do" (Ha-Lo 24) was the last release on Ha-Lo. Lack of quality certainly wasn't the reason George Leaner closed his Ha-Lo label.
Echoes of Glory - You Can't Change Me
Echoes Of Glory - You Can't Change Me
At the time of recording "Let It Shine" their line-up was as follows: Rev. Willie Crawford (manager, lead singer), Nancy Crawford (guitar, first tenor, lead), Bobbie Willis (baritone) and Rose Thomas (second tenor).
Southern Clouds of Joy - Stepping In The Safety Zone
Southern Clouds of Joy - Stepping In The Safety Zone
Judnell was a small Texas label releasing about 10 R&B/Soul 45s and four Gospel 45s.
Sensational Bright Stars - After Awhile
Sensational Bright Stars of Bluff City - After Awhile
Dorothy Love Coates - I Won't Let Go (live)
Dorothy Love Coates - I Won't Let Go (live)
Messiahs of Glory - How I Got Over
Messiahs of Glory - How I Got Over
Mighty Supreme Voices - Have Faith
Mighty Supreme Voices - Have Faith
At the moment there is a flurry of Barack Obama related (gospel) releases out there. In 1988 the Mighty Suprme Voices were already having faith if Rev. Jesse Jackson wouldn't win the election for president of the USA. I wonder if those boys from Texas are still singing "Have Faith" and what there intro is today.
At the time of their album "I Need Help" the Mighty Supreme Voices were: Kenneth Washington, Cecil Washington, Glen Washington, Quintin Washington, Stanley McGowin and Michael McGowin.