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The Statesmen unleash "old camp meeting style" singing on stage at the famous Ryman Auditorium in this 1960 release by Vep Ellis originally entitled, "The Amen Corner." Rosie Rozell pours it on chorus after chorus with the Big Chief pumping and bumping as the choruses roll on. Hovie, the master at priming a crowd keeps things going even teasing the MC when asked for more. Don't you just wish we...

From the group's recording "Thanks To Calvary" , The Statesmen pour it on with lead singer Jim Hill leading the charge. High energy, and accented by "The Big Chief" Wetherington's rocking bass finish. The public domain song is a standard.

Introduced and originally recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight, way back in 1948, it eventually made it into Hovie Lister and The Statesmen Quartet's repertoire. Elvis liked it so much that he included a portion of the song in a medley of gospel songs on his '68 Comeback Special. Everyone sings a bit on this song, but Jake Hess (lead) and "The Big Chief" (bass) really shine in the m...

In 1982 the Howard and Vestal began to work only select dates doing their own ministry, and the other two brothers, Sam and Rusty, teamed up first with the help of Johnny Cook, then later with Michael "Mike" English and Tonya. The album with this particular group make up on it, this song appeared. It's a great song with a great message. What this is for me, though, is a chance to look back at S...

Jerry and the Singing Goffs have always been one of my favorites. This is just a great, catchy tune, very well delivered, as was the case with all of their songs. "Teddy Bear" pours it on in verse one. Enjoy!

The second installment of four songs by the Blackwood Brothers and the Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister includes, by the Statesmen, "Just A Little While," and "Love Is Why." Both songs show the quartet during their prime, this time with Rosie, Jake, Doy, the Big Chief, and Hovie. The Blackwoods feature "I Get Happy," a rousing handclapper, and the now standard, "I Met The Master." The record...

Here from a 1975 audio recording in Little Rock, Arkansas, Johnny Cook takes the lead on the chorus as the Goodmans unleash on stage with "What A Lovely Name." The Goodmans had released an album entitled "The Legendary Goodmans." The four Goodmans are on the album cover art work renderings, but there is no mention anywhere on the album of Johnny Cook. Many radio stations around the country play...

During the 1950's and 1960's two southern gospel groups dominated the industry. The Blackwood Brothers, and The Statesmen with Hovie Lister. Their music was exciting, upbeat, meaningful, and cutting edge. Some of the older songs have been forgotten as time has passed. Here, together, as they so often travelled that they had buses painted alike, they each sing two. The Blackwoods - "Everywhere H...

When Ronnie Hinson and the Hinson's introduced "The Lighthouse," every gospel group wanted to sing it and record it, and most of them did. The Happy Goodmans took it on like it was there own composition and made it a nightly staple of their repertoire. It gained so much notoriety during the early '70's that it became one of the most popular gospel songs of all time. But, no one had really elava...

J. D. sat this one out. He now had a second bass singer in the group, if one can image such a thing, and as he put it, "the boys want to have a 'young sound', so I'm gonna let him come out here. . ." Richard Sterban made his mark. J. D. loved to say, "who ever heard of a bass singer being from Buffalo? You've got to be from at least Kentucky, and on down, to sing bass!" This is "The Stamps Quar...

The Speer Family - LIVE at the PTL CLUB in the 1980's singing Dad Speer's 1938 composition, "I Want To Be Ready To Meet Him." The group as they performed then, from left to right, Harold Lane, Ben, Rosa Nell, Mary Tom, and the late Brock Speer. Ben and Rosa Nell carry on like they always did for the cameras and the crowd eats it up. Rosa Nell does the classic turnaround, and Mary Tom shows that...

In 1984 Rusty Goodman asked his good friend Larry Gatlin to sing some harmony on an upcoming album he later entitled "Family Band." The duo re-recorded Rusty's great song, "How Much More." As the album backliner recalls, Larry was blessed just from having the experience of singing this song with the late Rusty Goodman - Songwriter, Poet, Singer. 25 years later this video has been created in the...

Family Band was recorded and released on Cannan Records in 1984. Rusty is backed on this recording by none other than Steve and Rudy Gatlin. If you loved the Happy Goodmans you'll love this montage pictoral video that accompanies Rusty's nostalgic stroll down memory lane with the Goodman family.

The great O'Neal Twins perform their ground breaking gospel hit "I'd Trade a Lifetime" live at the PTL Club in Charlotte, NC, back in the early 1980's. A fabulous 2 minutes!

Jerry and the Singing Goffs - Guilty-I Am Blessed

Johnny Cook - I Must Tell Jesus

Johnny Cook - Happy Goodman's - Over The Next Hill

Johnny Cook - (Live 1976) SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT

Happy Goodmans - (LIVE 1975) Living In Cannan Land

Happy Goodmans - VESTAL - "Just Any Day Now"

JOHNNY COOK - While I'm Here

Dale Shelnut & The Dixie Echoes - I Want To See Jesus

Rusty Goodman - A Small Lonely Hill - Happy Goodmans (1975)

AMAZING GRACE - Johnny Cook (1976)

Happy Goodmans - Johnny Cook - Meet Me On The Other Side

Happy Goodmans - Johnny Cook - John The Revelator LIVE - (1976)

Johnny Cook Happy Goodmans - What A Beautiful Day (1976)

Dale Shelnut & The Dixie Echoes - In The Prayer Room-Trouble

Johnny Cook - High C - Here They Come