Daniel J. Mount
Daniel J. Mount
Contemporary Christian Music is a genre comparable to professional football, where there are no minor leagues. You’ve either made it or you haven’t, but you rarely move from one group to another. Group turnover is rare; it is more common for a group with differences to simply disband. On the other hand, Southern Gospel is…
We have a special treat today; Dixie Echoes bass Tracy Crouch agreed to be interviewed for this blog. He sang bass with the Florida’s Diplomat Quartet from 1997 through 2000. He attended Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma studying for a B.S. degree in Music Ministry. He joined the Dixie Echoes in September 2004, singing…
Was George Younce the greatest bass singer of all time? In a word, yes. I am finding that some of the most insightful posts in Southern Gospel right now are coming from The Inquiring Mind. In a recent post (edit: link removed due to site being down), he makes the case against George being the…
Legacy Five recently released Live in Music City, a project billed as their first live release. This isn’t technically accurate, since they have released several live videos, as well as one previous live CD, Live at the Palace (with Greater Vision). But this is their first live project on which they introduce new songs. Legacy…
Hearing the Colonial City Quartet’s smooth blend last Saturday got me to thinking. Every now and then, a quartet will assemble four voices that harmonize perfectly as one. Quartets with what I describe as “perfect blends” have singers who individually have strong voices, but can blend those voices to produce a distinctive group sound much…
The Ball Brothers learned to sing harmony while growing up Central Illinois. After hearing an uncle’s Cathedrals records and cassettes, they learned to pick out the parts and started to sing songs for their church. The four brothers, Andrew (tenor), Daniel (lead), Stephen (baritone), and Josh (sound engineer), released their first CD in February. Their…
Of course, we know that the answer is “yes.” I Corinthinans 1:18 says:”For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” If we’re actually presenting the message of the Cross, and not some watered down feel-good message, then many out…
Sometimes liner notes can be more interesting than the music they describe. It’s not that the music is boring or forgettable (usually); it’s that liner notes can get pretty interesting. Liner notes, both today and back in the days when a 33 1/3 rpm record cover provided plenty of room for prolixity, often contain interesting…
I saw and reviewed an August Signature Sound concert. I pulled this review out of the archives to get the website off to a good start with plenty of content for new visitors to read. They started off the concert with a familiar Cathedrals song, “Plan of Salvation.” Bass singer Tim Duncan did a moving…
Many of the initial visitors to this website will know me from running cathedralstribute.com, contributing to www.sghistory.com, and from posts on various Southern Gospel forums. I finally decided to take the big plunge and try my hand at blogging. Other bloggers have considered that their position as a commentator gives them the platform to post…